§ 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 since 1990; how many maternities there were in each year; and how many multiple births in each category were conceived as a result of (i) in-vitro fertilisation, (ii) gamete intra-fallopian transfer and (iii) other forms of assisted conception. [8177]
§ Mr. McLeish[holding answer 21 July 1997]: The information is as follows:
Pregnancies conceived from 1990 to 1994 through IVF or Donor insemination Singleton Twin Triplet Quad or greater IVF Live births events (includes frozen embryo transfer and ICSI) 1990 No figures available 1991 No figures available 1992 1,592 627 99 0 1993 2,164 790 134 1 1994 2,376 929 170 2 1995 To be published in 1997 annual report (October 1997) 537W
Pregnancies conceived from 1990 to 1994 through IVF or Donor insemination Singleton Twin Triplet Quad or greater Donor insemination clinical pregnancies (includes GIFT with donor sperm) 1990 No data available 19911 545 31 3 0 1992 1,527 93 10 1 1993 1,678 123 218
Pregnancies conceived from 1990 to 1994 through IVF or Donor insemination Singleton Twin Triplet Quad or greater 1994 1,838 110 17 1 1995 To be published in 1997 annual report (October 1997) Notes:
1Data available from 1 August 1991 to 31 December 1991 only. Prior to 1 August 1991 data was collected by the OPCS and did not include Donor Insemination data.
2Includes three clinical pregnancies/live birth events which were reported as "triplet or greater".
Pregnancies conceived from 1990 to 1994 through IVF or Donor insemination Singleton Twin Triplet Quad or greater Donor insemination live birth events (includes GIFT with donor sperm) 1990 No figures available 1991 No figures available 1992 1,212 83 10 1 1993 1,387 112 118 1994 1,549 105 16 1 1995 To be published in 1997 annual report (October 1997) Note:
1 Includes three clinical pregnancies/live birth events which were reported as "triplet or greater".