§ Mr. WigleyTo 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 1994; what was the total number of 427W 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 infra-fallopian transfer and (iii) other forms of assisted conception; and if he will make a statement. [29528]
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 21 June 1995]: The information is as follows:
Type of birth 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 (Prov) Twins: 2 live 711 682 790 751 762 1 live, 1 stillbirth 15 22 11 25 13 2 stillbirth 5 5 6 4 3 Triplets: 3 live 14 18 15 10 16 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 — — — — — Total maternities 65,556 66,630 65,307 62,946 61,224 Information on the number of multiple births in Scotland attributed to assisted reproduction is not available. Some information on these matters is published in the three annual reports of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, and in earlier reports of the interim licensing authority, copies of which are available in the Library.