§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many human embryos have been created since the passage of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1991; how many have been destroyed; how many have been frozen; and how many have been used to secure live births. [19528]
§ Mr. HoramI refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave on 25 March 1996, columns421–23. These remain the latest available figures.
The number of babies born from IVF treatments between 1 August 1991 and 31 December 1994 was 12,743, which includes 1,339 from frozen embryo replacement.