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 were undertaken in which 1-9 eggs were collected and frozen embryos were transferred from fresh stimulated cycles in each year since 2013.


Answered by
Jackie Doyle-Price Portrait
Jackie Doyle-Price
This question was answered on 14th January 2019

The information requested is shown in the following table:

Number of in vitro fertilisation cycles: eggs collected and frozen embryos transferred

Year of Egg collection

1 to 9 eggs collected

10-14 eggs collected

15 to 20 eggs collected

21 or more eggs collected

2013

2,617

3,316

2,634

1,813

2014

2,959

3,328

2,686

1,735

2015

3,319

3,806

2,943

2,093

2016

3,668

3,735

2,824

2,227

2017

3,459

3,551

2,719

2,258

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.

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