Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 44420, whether he has sought advice from Fertility Fairness on the improvement of in vitro fertilisation services.

The then Minister for Public Health met Fertility Fairness and other stakeholders on 14 December 2015 to discuss the National Health Service provision of fertility services and, in particular, issues around the pricing of NHS in vitro fertilisation. Fertility Fairness has subsequently provided information and intelligence to the Department about current trends. A representative from Fertility Fairness is also closely involved in the work to develop a benchmark price for infertility treatments.