In Vitro Fertilisation

(asked on 31st October 2016) - View Source
Questioner
Portrait
Lord Winston
(Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government in respect of (1) oocytes frozen for a patient's own use in the UK, and (2) frozen oocytes for the purpose of donation to another woman, how many patients had a live birth after they reached the age of 35.

Answered by
Lord Prior of Brampton Portrait
Lord Prior of Brampton
This question was answered on 8th November 2016

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has provided data in the following table. These treatments took place prior to 30 June 2014, which is the last date for which the HFEA holds verified data.

Patients, aged 35 & over, using their own eggs in a treatment that leads to a live birth

29

Patients, aged 35 & over, using donated eggs in a treatment that leads to a live birth

72

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