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Written Question
IVF: Asylum
Monday 15th September 2025

Asked by: Chris Philp (Conservative - Croydon South)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many asylum seekers have received NHS-funded IVF treatment since 5 July 2024.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Neither the Department nor NHS England holds data on who accesses in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority publishes information on the numbers and IVF cycles carried out, including whether they were privately or National Health Service funded, but this does not cover the immigration status of the patient.