Embryology

House of Lords written question – answered at on 31 January 2011.

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Photo of Lord Alton of Liverpool Lord Alton of Liverpool Crossbench

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 19 June 2008 (WA 178-86), what was the proportion of in vitro fertilisation treatment cycles at centres 0076, 0162 and 0017 for which between 20 and 85 eggs were retrieved from women per cycle (a) prior to 2003, and (b) after 2003.

Photo of Earl Howe Earl Howe The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised that the proportion of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) cycles at the centres referred to in the noble Lord's Question, in which between 20 and 85 eggs were retrieved, are shown in the following table:

Centre Code 1991-2002 2003-2009
0017 7.71% 7.48%
0076 8.54% 9.68%

Note:

Data as shown on the HFEA's register at 19 January 2011

HFEA has further advised that centre 0162 does not carry out IVF treatments.

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