HC Deb 13 June 1990 vol 174 cc233-4W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will indicate the number of(a) twin, (b) triplet, (c) quadruplet and (d) quintuplet pregnancies occurring through (i) IVF, (ii) GIFT and (iii) other forms of assisted reproduction during 1989.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The figures requested are not available for 1989. Data relating to multiple pregnancies following IVF treatment and GIFT for earlier years are given in the annual reports of the Interim Licensing Authority (copies of which are available in the Library) which was set up jointly by the Medical Research Council and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.