Question follow-through · 26005

IVF

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trends in the uptake of IVF in the last five years.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
23 Jan 2025
Target answer date
27 Jan 2025
Answer
27 Jan 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 23 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trends in the uptake of IVF in the last five years.

  2. 27 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 27 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority published its Fertility Trends analysis in July 2024, based on the previous four years’ worth of data. The analysis is available at the following link:https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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