The information requested is shown in the following tables. The following table provides the figures for each of the last 12 months, 1 January 2018 – 31 December 2018. The data is as shown on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority’s (HFEA) register database on 5 February 2020. This is a live database so these figures reflect the data on this day. Year Month Total destroyed /discarded Total embryos transferred 2018 January 13,283 5,398 February 15,193 7,352 March 16,257 7,360 April 15,150 6,728 May 15,300 6,735 June 15,520 6,263 July 15,236 6,598 August 15,057 6,779 September 13,485 6,187 October 16,087 7,002 November 16,029 7,637 December 10,597 4,734 Total 177,194 78,773 Source: Source: HFEA The following table provides the cumulative figures for both circumstances since 1 August 1991. 1 August 1991 – 31 December 2018 Total number of embryos discarded/destroyed 2,931,824 Total number of embryos transferred 1,979,831 Source: HFEA