§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what information she has available to show the level of NHS expenditure for infertility within each English region;
(2) how many persons have received infertility treatment within the NHS in each year since 1983; on how many occasions this has led to pregnancy; and what figures she has available for successful pregnancy form NHS in-vitro fertilisation treatment, annually, for each NHS region in England.
§ Mr. SackvilleInformation is available for three years on the numbers of finished consultant episodes for cases with a diagnosis of female infertility. Figures for ordinary admissions and day cases in England are shown in the table:
Number 1989–90 25,510 1990–91 25,145 1991–92 127,276 1 Provisional. These figures include only those patients who are admitted to hospital to use a bed.
Comparable information for earlier years is not available. Information is not available centrally on the numbers of successful treatments or the level of national health service expenditure on infertility in each English region.
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics.