HC Deb 10 June 2004 vol 422 c547W
Mr. Paul Marsden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have benefited from infertility treatment in(a) Shropshire and (b) England in each year since 1997. [175635]

Miss Melanie Johnson

Information is not collected centrally on the assisted conception services provided to Shropshire patients. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority collects data on licensed treatments carried out in the United Kingdom. The numbers of patients treated and treatment cycles carried out are shown in the table:

Licensed treatment carried out in the UK, 1997 to 2001
In vitro fertilisation (IVF) Donor insemination
Patients Treatment

cycles

 Patients Treatment

cycles
1997 26,291 34,017 5,077 13,169
1998 27,279 35,559 4,453 11,453
1999 26,707 34,684 3,866 9,985
2000 26,548 34,634 3,395 8,102
20011 28,076 35,599 2,718 6,450
12001 is the most recent year for which information is currently available.
Source:
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.