Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with NHS England to support ICBs to review fertility guidelines.

In the light of broader pressures on the National Health Service and on-going changes within NHS England, we have been looking again at achievable ambitions to improve access to fertility services and fairness for all affected couples.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is currently reviewing its fertility guidelines, which will be the clinical standards for the future NHS offer.

The Department is considering how best to support integrated care boards to improve their local offer.