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Written Question
Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
Wednesday 9th July 2014

Asked by: Caroline Spelman (Conservative - Meriden)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) non-patient egg donors and (b) egg-share donors were admitted to hospital for ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in each year since 2009.

Answered by Jane Ellison

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised that licensed fertility clinics are only required to report instances of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) to the authority that require a hospital admission with a severe grading, although in practice clinics often report moderate OHSS as well. The HFEA does not, therefore, hold definitive data on the number of women admitted to hospital with OHSS, including non-patient egg donors and egg-share donors.

Information on the number of cases of OHSS reported to the HFEA, that were assessed as moderate or severe, was given in my Written Answer to the hon. Member for Heywood and Middleton (Jim Dobbin), on 24 June 2014 Official Report, columns 156-7W.

Written Question
Academies: Standards
Tuesday 6th May 2014

Asked by: Caroline Spelman (Conservative - Meriden)

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to address the barriers to remanufacturing identified in the All-Party Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group's recent report on remanufacturing.

Answered by Michael Fallon

The Government welcomes the broad thrust of the All-Party Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group's recent report Remanufacturing: Towards a resource efficient economy. It recognises the important role that remanufacturing has in supporting the long-term sustainability of the UK economy, encouraging resource resilience whilst boosting business opportunities and skilled employment.

BIS is working closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and across Whitehall on a number of areas touched on by the report; such as the regulatory regime that governs waste, where work is already in progress to ensure that it encourages greater re-use of materials in existing and developing manufacturing processes.

We will use the report to inform a number of areas of policy that impact on sustainability and remanufacturing.