Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many human eggs were frozen by HFEA-registered fertility clinics in each of the last 12 months.
The information requested is shown in the following table:
Year/month | Total eggs stored |
2015 - July | 1,305 |
2015 - August | 1,288 |
2015 - September | 1,177 |
2015 - October | 1,553 |
2015 - November | 1,377 |
2015 - December | 918 |
2016 - January | 1,317 |
2016 - February | 1,404 |
2016 - March | 1,124 |
2016 - April | 1,313 |
2016 - May | 1,241 |
2016 - June | 1,513 |
Note: The table provides the number of eggs frozen for storage or donation in the last 12 months for which the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) holds verified data.
Source: The HFEA