To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number of women in England aged (a) 16 to 24, (b) 25 to 30, (c) 30 to 35, (d) 36 to 40 and (e) over 40 years who were infertile in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Information on numbers of infertile women is not collected centrally by the Department or the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). The HFEA estimates that one in seven couples in the United Kingdom experience difficulty in conceiving, although most will conceive naturally, given time.
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