Mr. WrigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many sets of(a) twins, (b) triplets, (c) quadruplets, (d) quintuplets and (e) sextuplets were born in Scotland in each year from 1990 to 1993; what was the total number of maternities in Scotland in each year; and how many multiple births of each type in each year were conceived as a result of (i) in-vitro fertilisation, (ii) gamete intra-fallopian transfer and (iii) other forms of assisted conception.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 15 July 1994]:information available is set out in the table:
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Type of birth 1990 1991 1992 1993 Twins: 2 live 711 682 790 751 1 live, 1 stillbirth 15 22 11 25 2 stillbirth 5 5 6 4 Triplets: 3 live 14 18 15 10 2 live, 1 stillbirth 2 4 — — 1 live, 2 stillbirth — 2 — — 3 stillbirth — — — — Quadruplets: 4 live 1 1 — — 3 live, 1 stillbirth — 1 — — Quintuplets — — — — Sextuplets — — — — Maternities 65,556 66,630 65,307 62,946 Information on the number of multiple births in Scotland attributed to assisted conception is not available. Some information on these matters is published in the first annual report of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, and in earlier annual reports of the interim licensing authority, copies of which are available in the Library.