Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department has issued to fertility clinics on providing information to prospective same-sex parents concerning the legal status and parental rights of non-biological parents.

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) publishes a Code of Practice for all licensed fertility clinics in the United Kingdom, which provides guidance on information about legal parenthood, which should be given to individuals undertaking fertility treatment. Further information is available at the following link:

https://portal.hfea.gov.uk/knowledge-base/read-the-code-of-practice/