Embryology

Question

asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answers by Lord Darzi of Denham on 5 December 2007 (WA 195–96) and 18 December 2007 (WA 116–17) and his letter dated 14 January, what proportion of eggs were used in either research or egg-sharing arrangements at each of the respective licensed centres where between 20 and 85 eggs were retrieved from women per in vitro fertilisation cycle.

Answer

The information requested is not collected centrally nor held by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. Information giving the percentage of eggs donated to research and to egg-sharing arrangements is shown in the following table.

Data on eggs donated to research or egg sharing arrangements where between 20-85 eggs were collected (1) (2) (3)
Centre code	Name	Cycles where at least 1 egg has been collected	Cycles where 20 - 85 eggs have been collected	Patients where 20 - 85 eggs have been collected in a single cycle	Percentage of all egg collections where 20 - 85 eggs were collected	Egg share cycles where 20 - 85 eggs have been collected	Percentage of cycles where 20 - 85 eggs were collected that were egg share cycles	Total eggs collected in egg share cycles where between 20 and 85 eggs were collected	Eggs donated for treatment of others in egg share cycles where between 20 and 85 eggs were collected	Percentage of eggs collected in egg share cycles (where 20 - 85 eggs were collected) that were donated for the treatment of other patients	Total eggs collected in cycles where between 20 and 85 eggs were collected and some were donated to research	Eggs donated for research where between 20 and 85 eggs were collected	Percentage of eggs collected in cycles where 20 - 85 eggs were collected and some were donated to research
0003	The BUPA Roding Hospital	76	1	1	1.3%	0	++	0	0	++	0	0	++
0004	Ninewells Hospital	2565	163	155	6.4%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	0	0	++
0005	Peninsular Centre for Reproductive Medicine	985	66	57	6.7%	11	16.7%	282	134	47.5%	0	0	++
0006	The Lister Fertility Clinic	8390	634	563	7.6%	50	7.9%	1143	670	58.6%	0	0	++
0007	Hewitt Centre for Reproductive Medicine	5717	379	357	6.6%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	0	0	++
0008	Midland Fertility Services	4079	492	450	12.1%	60	12.2%	1558	730	46.9%	20	10	++
0013	Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Coventry	2330	183	172	7.9%	1	0.5%	31	16	++	0	0	++
0015	Sussex Downs Fertility Centre	675	41	40	6.1%	0	++	0	0	++	0	0	++
0016	CARE Northampton	2295	137	127	6.0%	16	11.7%	389	204	52.4%	0	0	++
0017	Newcastle Fertility Centre at Life	3314	306	256	9.2%	9	2.9%	217	91	41.9%	177	37	20.9%
0019	Aberdeen Fertility Centre	2053	91	88	4.4%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	0	0	++
0021	Hull IVF Unit	1350	117	107	8.7%	4	3.4%	97	48	49.5%	0	0	++
0024	Centre for Reproductive Medicine, University of Bristol	3336	185	170	5.5%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	0	0	++
0025	University Hospital Aintree	387	5	5	1.3%	0	++	0	0	++	0	0	++
0026	BMI Priory Hospital	1690	104	96	6.2%	10	9.6%	212	102	48.1%	0	0	++
0028	BMI Ross Hall Hospital	449	33	32	7.3%	0	++	0	0	++	0	0	++
0030	Herts and Essex Fertility Centre	3252	315	280	9.7%	11	3.5%	324	160	49.4%	0	0	++
0031	Hartlepool General Hospital	406	4	4	1.0%	0	++	0	0	++	0	0	++
0032	Southmead Hospital	369	55	44	14.9%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	0	0	++
0033	Manchester Fertility Services LTD	2068	227	208	11.0%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	0	0	++
0035	Oxford Fertility Unit	4693	355	315	7.6%	88	24.8%	2218	391	17.6%	0	0	++
0037	Glasgow Royal Infirmary	3735	277	255	7.4%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	0	0	++
0044	UCH London	1776	111	102	6.3%	2	1.8%	54	27	50.0%	68	4	5.9%
0049	IVF Wales	2002	144	132	7.2%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	0	0	++
0052	Clarendon Wing - Leeds	6216	1160	1013	18.7%	2	0.2%	41	31	++	43	25	++
0055	The James Cook University Hospital	1409	48	47	3.4%	1	++	20	13	++	0	0	++
0057	Wessex Fertility Limited	2085	162	153	7.8%	10	6.2%	227	123	54.2%	0	0	++
0058	Edinburgh Assisted Conception Unit	706	23	23	3.3%	0	++	0	0	++	0	0	++
0059	London Women's Clinic, Swansea	1482	99	81	6.7%	56	56.6%	1310	688	52.5%	0	0	++
0061	CARE Sheffield	2155	21	21	1.0%	7	++	149	82	55.0%	0	0	++
0063	Assisted Conception Unit, St James' University Hospital - Leeds	3444	627	532	18.2%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	0	0	++
0064	The Chiltern Hospital Fertility Services Unit	753	69	63	9.2%	11	15.9%	292	136	46.6%	0	0	++
0065	Salford Royal IVF and Fertility Centre	175	7	7	4.0%	0	++	0	0	++	0	0	++
0067	St Mary's Hospital	3119	346	322	11.1%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	141	22	15.6%
0068	Leicester Fertility Centre	992	68	67	6.9%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	0	0	++
0069	Middle England Fertility Centre	380	14	14	3.7%	0	++	0	0	++	0	0	++
0070	The Bridge Centre	6102	209	190	3.4%	14	6.7%	313	199	63.6%	0	0	++
0071	CARE Wirral	196	6	6	3.1%	2	++	46	23	++	0	0	++
0073	The Portland Hospital Fertility Unit	345	7	7	2.0%	0	++	0	0	++	0	0	++
0074	Cromwell IVF and Fertility Centre, London	1489	184	162	12.4%	94	51.1%	2269	1147	50.6%	0	0	++
0075	London Women's Clinic, Darlington	999	157	124	15.7%	95	60.5%	2333	1157	49.6%	0	0	++
0076	NURTURE	1931	124	110	6.4%	31	25.0%	721	361	50.1%	0	0	++
0077	Regional Fertility Centre, Belfast	4749	362	326	7.6%	3	0.8%	78	38	48.7%	0	0	++
0078	IVF Hammersmith	5308	396	360	7.5%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	128	19	14.8%
0082	Newham General	256	8	8	3.1%	3	++	64	32	50.0%	0	0	++
0086	BMI Chelsfield Park ACU	1858	259	214	13.9%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	0	0	++
0088	London Fertility Centre	3387	473	421	14.0%	3	0.6%	74	58	78.4%	0	0	++
0094	The Centre for Reproductive Medicine	3295	143	141	4.3%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	0	0	++
0100	Bourn Hall Clinic	4845	463	434	9.6%	21	4.5%	523	268	51.2%	0	0	++
0101	CARE Nottingham	5716	404	366	7.1%	57	14.1%	1312	651	49.6%	0	0	++
0102	Guys Hospital	4093	509	453	12.4%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	0	0	++
0105	London Women's Clinic	1459	118	102	8.1%	26	22.0%	623	317	50.9%	0	0	++
0109	Assisted Conception Unit, King's College Hospital	3420	484	416	14.2%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	0	0	++
0115	Glasgow Nuffield Hospital	1550	75	73	4.8%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	25	2	++
0119	Birmingham Women's Hospital	2648	379	348	14.3%	68	17.9%	1777	878	49.4%	0	0	++
0133	The Winterbourne Hospital	1234	66	63	5.3%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	0	0	++
0139	Bath Fertility Clinic	1482	192	159	13.0%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	0	0	++
0143	London Female And Male Fertility Centre	251	24	21	9.6%	0	++	0	0	++	0	0	++
0144	The Woking Nuffield Hospital	2054	173	160	8.4%	4	2.3%	102	50	49.0%	0	0	++
0148	Shropshire and Mid-Wales Fertility Centre	473	64	56	13.5%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	0	0	++
0153	Homerton University Hospital	903	17	16	1.9%	0	++	0	0	++	0	0	++
0157	Assisted Reproduction and Gynaecology Centre	3788	552	502	14.6%	1	0.2%	33	11	++	0	0	++
0158	Chelsea & Westminster Hospital	1717	115	104	6.7%	1	0.9%	30	10	++	0	0	++
0161	BMI The Chaucer Hospital	1365	100	90	7.3%	3	3.0%	73	37	50.7%	0	0	++
0164	The Hampshire Clinic	132	7	7	5.3%	0	++	0	0	++	0	0	++
0165	Brentwood Fertility Centre	1177	50	45	4.2%	13	26.0%	308	152	49.4%	0	0	++
0170	Centre for Assisted Reproduction, Gateshead	748	75	61	10.0%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	0	0	++
0174	Wolverhampton Assisted Conception Unit	139	36	34	25.9%	1	++	28	9	++	0	0	++
0177	Diana, Princess of Wales Centre for Repro Medicine	703	77	69	11.0%	5	6.5%	110	47	42.7%	0	0	++
0179	South West Centre for Reproductive Medicine	1032	84	79	8.1%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	0	0	++
0180	Willow Suite, Thames Valley Nuffield Hospital	608	15	15	2.5%	0	++	0	0	++	0	0	++
0181	ACU, Lifestyle Sandy Lane Clinic	412	35	35	8.5%	0	++	0	0	++	0	0	++
0184	Burton Hospitals NHS Trust	894	56	50	6.3%	9	16.1%	244	120	49.2%	0	0	++
0185	CARE Manchester	2876	372	318	12.9%	112	30.1%	2826	1454	51.5%	0	0	++
0186	The Harley Street Fertility Centre	1258	98	93	7.8%	2	2.0%	42	13	++	0	0	++
0188	Isis Fertility Centre	947	28	27	3.0%	3	++	67	33	49.3%	0	0	++
0196	Centre for Reproductive Medicine and Fertility, Sheffield	1362	19	18	1.4%	2	++	44	21	++	0	0	++
0197	Salisbury Fertility Centre	188	35	33	18.6%	11	++	285	142	49.8%	0	0	++
0198	St Jude's Women's Hospital	366	64	57	17.5%	1	1.6%	36	16	++	0	0	++
0199	CRM London	822	92	86	11.2%	43	46.7%	1015	503	49.6%	0	0	++
0200	Origin Fertility Care	409	29	28	7.1%	0	++	0	0	++	0	0	++
0201	Edinburgh Assisted Conception Unit	1639	91	84	5.6%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	215	33	15.3%
0206	Reproductive Genetics Institute	1542	119	108	7.7%	0	0.0%	0	0	++	0	0	++
0208	South East Fertility Clinic	250	26	25	10.4%	2	++	42	20	++	0	0	++

"Source: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.""Notes:""1. Data as at 9 June 2008.""2. Data on egg sharing and eggs donated for research have been routinely collected from 1 April 1999 only. The above data cover the period 2000-05 inclusive.""3.++ percentages are not given where there are less than 50 cycles or eggs." "Notes:""1. Data as at 9 June 2008.""2. Data on egg sharing and eggs donated for research have been routinely collected from 1 April 1999 only. The above data cover the period 2000-05 inclusive.""3.++ percentages are not given where there are less than 50 cycles or eggs." "1. Data as at 9 June 2008.""2. Data on egg sharing and eggs donated for research have been routinely collected from 1 April 1999 only. The above data cover the period 2000-05 inclusive.""3.++ percentages are not given where there are less than 50 cycles or eggs." "2. Data on egg sharing and eggs donated for research have been routinely collected from 1 April 1999 only. The above data cover the period 2000-05 inclusive.""3.++ percentages are not given where there are less than 50 cycles or eggs." "3.++ percentages are not given where there are less than 50 cycles or eggs."