Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers by Baroness Thornton on 5 January (WA 24–5) and 19 January (WA 224–5), whether oocytes that a researcher deems to be unsuitable would be erased from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's records of total oocyte usage.
Answer
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised that in respect of failed-to-fertilise eggs used under research licence R1052, it has nothing further to add to the information given in my Written Answer of 19 January (WA 224-5). The HFEA has also advised that it does not hold records on its register that could be amended in this way.