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64773

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	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	In Vitro Fertilisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 7 May 2014, Official Report, column 238W, on invitro fertilisation, whether his Department considers there to be genomic DNA present in mitochondria as distinct from nuclear genomic DNA.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	203171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>As I stated in my Written Answer of 7 May 2014, Official Report, column 238W, there is no evidence of nuclear genomic DNA inside mitochondria. A description of the non-nuclear DNA in mitochondria and its function can be found at paragraph 2.1 on the April 2011 scientific report of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) convened Expert Panel. This can be found on the HFEA's website at:</p><p> </p><p>www.hfea.gov.uk/6372.html</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/07/2014 13:28:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

64242

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	In Vitro Fertilisation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the safety of embryos created using the DNA of three individuals.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>An expert panel, convened by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, has conducted three reviews of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease through assisted conception. The reports of the reviews were published in April 2011, March 2013 and, most recently, on 3 June 2014.</p><p> </p><p>All three reviews have found no evidence to suggest any of the techniques evaluated are unsafe. In its most recent report, the expert panel recommended that additional experiments should be completed before the techniques were used in clinical practice. The Government is considering the report and will announce its plans as soon as possible.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 09/07/2014 15:13:31 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

62949

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	In Vitro Fertilisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in how many of licensable treatment cycles at least 20 eggs were collected in the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
	tabling member printed	Jim Dobbin
	uin	201566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested in shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Years</p></td><td><p>Licensable treatment cycles where at least 20 eggs were collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>3,095</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3,435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>3,466</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3,464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>1,764</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Note</em>:</p><p><sup>1</sup>The year 2013 only covers the period 1 January to 30 June 2013.</p><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/06/2014 15:59:01 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	446 label Biography information for Jim Dobbin