In Vitro Fertilisation
(asked on 4th January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many IVF cycles have been undertaken in which 21 or more eggs were collected when fresh embryos allowed to perish from fresh stimulated cycles in each year since 2013.
The information requested is shown in the following table:
Number of in vitro fertilisation cycles: eggs collected and embryos were allowed to perish | ||||
Year of egg collection | 1 to 9 eggs collected | 10-14 eggs collected | 15 to 20 eggs collected | 21 or more eggs collected |
2013 | 13,208 | 10,371 | 6,076 | 2,460 |
2014 | 13,850 | 10,417 | 6,131 | 2,569 |
2015 | 13,908 | 10,651 | 6,166 | 2,908 |
2016 | 14,341 | 10,398 | 5,941 | 3,046 |
2017 | 14,437 | 10,435 | 6,214 | 3,212 |
Source: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)
The data is as shown on the HFEA’s register database on 8 January 2019. This is a live database so these figures reflect the data on this day and are likely to change over time.