Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many women have had their eggs (oocytes) frozen in each year between 2014 and 2019.
The following table shows the number of patients storing their own eggs in each year from 2014 to 2019.
Year of treatment | Number of patients |
2014 | 611 |
2015 | 906 |
2016 | 1,064 |
2017 | 1,209 |
2018 | 1,595 |
2019 | 1,937 |
Source: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)
Note:
The data is as shown on the HFEA’s register database on 21 October 2022. This is a live database so these figures reflect the data on this day are likely to change over time. Data shown includes patients storing their eggs for future use.