In Vitro Fertilisation
(asked on 13th November 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of IVF cycles in which 15 or more eggs were collected where at least some of which were used for (a) egg sharing, (b) donation and (c) research purposes since 2013.
The information requested is shown in the following table:
Year of cycle | All cycles where 15 or more eggs were collected | Fresh cycles where 15 or more eggs where collected | ||
The cycle was an egg share cycle | Eggs were donated for treatment (non egg share cycles) | Eggs were donated for research | ||
2013 | 10,114 | 408 | 483 | 23 |
2014 | 10,141 | 316 | 615 | 28 |
2015 | 10,668 | 307 | 640 | 19 |
2016 | 10,557 | 280 | 665 | 18 |
2017 | 11,207 | 247 | 762 | 20 |
2018 (to 14 November2018) | 9,503 | 174 | 696 | 20 |
Source: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.
Note:
The data includes fresh only cycles and includes only the initial usage of fresh eggs collected, not any subsequent changes in usage. The data is accurate as at 14 November 2018.