Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Thornton on 27 October 2009 (WA 124) and by Earl Howe on 10 January 2012 (WA 21–2), what was the source of information regarding the number of oocytes used under research licence R0122 that was cited by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority chief executive in his letter (dated 9 October 2009) pursuant to Baroness Thornton's Written Answer.
Answer
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that the information regarding the number of oocytes used under research licence R0122, cited by the authority's chief executive in his letter dated 9 October 2009 to the noble Lord, was submitted by the research centre to the authority in 2005 as part of a renewal application for a different research licence.