§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give the total numbers of(a) sets of (i) twins, (ii) triplets, (iii) guadruplets, (iv) quintuplets and (v) sextuplets born in Northern Ireland in each year from 1980 to 1991, (b) maternities in Northern Ireland in each year and (c) multiple births of each type in each year which were conceived as a result of (1) in vitro fertilisation, (2) gamete intra-fallopian transfer and (3) other forms of assisted conception.
§ Mr. HanleyThe information requested is as follows: 329W
Type 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 19911 (b) Maternitie 28,542 27,229 26,905 27,188 27,547 27,529 27,989 27,694 27,614 25,928 25,338 26,058 (c)2 IVF (i) Twins3 — — — — — — — 0 7 5 12 N/K (ii) Triplets3 — — — — — — — 0 0 1 2 N/K GIFT4 — — — — — — 0 0 — — — — N/K =Not Known. 1 Provisional. 2Figures are not collated centrally on infertility treatment other than IVF and GIFT. 3These figures are the results of IVF by year of conception with IVF having been available in Northern Ireland only since 1987. 4GIFT was available in Northern Ireland in only 1986 and 1987.