Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that people who are eligible for IVF treatment receive three cycles of NHS-funded treatment.

Funding decisions for health services in England are made by integrated care boards (ICBs), and are based on the clinical needs of their local population. Organisations are expected to commission fertility services in line with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guidelines, which are based on the clinical evidence of the most effective treatment. The Department will be working with NHS England to support ICBs in improving the current National Health Service offer for patients.