§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many prosecutions have been brought since 1991 for breach of the prohibition in section 3 (4) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 on the keeping or using for treatment or research of embryos beyond the 14 day limit; [166909]
(2) when the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority will publish the results of its work with the Medical Research Council on the long-term effects of IVF; [166911]
(3) how many cases of ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome have been reported since 1991; and if he will make a statement. [166912]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised me that no prosecutions have been brought in respect of a breach of section 3(4) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990.
No date has yet been set for publication of the outcome of the work that the Medical Research Council and the HFEA have been doing on the long term health effects of assisted conception treatments, including in vitro fertilisation.
Data on incidences of ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome are not collected centrally nor routinely recorded by the HFEA.