Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 19 June 2008 (WA 178–86), what was the proportion of in vitro fertilisation treatment cycles at centres 0076, 0162 and 0017 for which between 20 and 85 eggs were retrieved from women per cycle (a) prior to 2003, and (b) after 2003.
Answer
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised that the proportion of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) cycles at the centres referred to in the noble Lord's Question, in which between 20 and 85 eggs were retrieved, are shown in the following table:
| Centre Code | 1991-2002 | 2003-2009 |
| 0017 | 7.71% | 7.48% |
| 0076 | 8.54% | 9.68% |