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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1694127/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) publishes annual reports on the number of children born as a result of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), and has a live database containing this information, that can be found on their website. The following table shows the number of live births as a result of IVF treatments, in each of the last 10 years:<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of treatment<\/p><\/td><td><p>Live births due to IVF treatments<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2021<\/p><\/td><td><p>18,523<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2020<\/p><\/td><td><p>15,280<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2019<\/p><\/td><td><p>21,057<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2018<\/p><\/td><td><p>21,236<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2017<\/p><\/td><td><p>22,086<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>21,305<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2015<\/p><\/td><td><p>20,801<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014<\/p><\/td><td><p>20,066<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>19,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>17,967<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>Source: data is from the HFEA annual report on fertility treatment and the HFEA dashboard.<\/p><p>Note: live births for 2019, 2020, and 2021 are preliminary, and have not yet undergone quality assurance processes, to verify that the data is correctly recorded on the register.<\/p>"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1680889", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1680889/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>As part of the first-year commitments in the Women\u2019s Health Strategy, the Government published our in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) transparency tool on GOV.UK in July 2023. This tool compiles published integrated care board (ICB) policies on their local fertility treatment offer to keep track nationally of implementation progress.<\/p><p>From the data compiled from published ICB commissioning policy statements, currently three out of 42 ICBs provide three full IVF cycles in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence fertility guidelines.<\/p>"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1680890", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1680890/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Funding decisions for health services in England are made by integrated care boards (ICBs) and are based on the clinical needs of their local population. We expect these organisations to commission fertility services in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines, ensuring equal access to fertility treatment across England.<\/p><p>The Women\u2019s Health Strategy was published on 20 July 2022 and contained several important changes and future ambitions to improve the variations in access to National Health Service-funded fertility services. We have set out our long-term ambition to end the postcode lottery in NHS-funded in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). NICE is currently reviewing the fertility guidelines and we expect the review to be published late in 2024.<\/p><p>We expect ICBs to be improving their broad offer to fertility patients in anticipation of implementing the new NICE guidelines. As part of the strategy\u2019s commitments, NHS England will be assessing fertility provision across ICBs, with a view to removing non-clinical access criteria and assessing the challenge of implementing the new guidelines.<\/p><p>As part of the first-year commitments in the Women\u2019s Health Strategy, the Government published an IVF transparency tool on GOV.UK in July 2023. This tool compiles published ICB policies on their local fertility treatment offer to keep track nationally of implementation progress and inform patients about comparative offers across ICBs.<\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4510", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Helen Hayes"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1680892", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1680892/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Funding decisions for health services in England are made by integrated care boards (ICBs) and are based on the clinical needs of their local population. We expect these organisations to commission fertility services in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines, ensuring equal access to fertility treatment across England.<\/p><p>The Women\u2019s Health Strategy was published on 20 July 2022 and contained several important changes and future ambitions to improve the variations in access to National Health Service-funded fertility services. We have set out our long-term ambition to end the postcode lottery in NHS-funded in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). NICE is currently reviewing the fertility guidelines and we expect the review to be published late in 2024.<\/p><p>We expect ICBs to be improving their broad offer to fertility patients in anticipation of implementing the new NICE guidelines. As part of the strategy\u2019s commitments, NHS England will be assessing fertility provision across ICBs, with a view to removing non-clinical access criteria and assessing the challenge of implementing the new guidelines.<\/p><p>As part of the first-year commitments in the Women\u2019s Health Strategy, the Government published an IVF transparency tool on GOV.UK in July 2023. This tool compiles published ICB policies on their local fertility treatment offer to keep track nationally of implementation progress and inform patients about comparative offers across ICBs.<\/p>"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1679795", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1679795/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Women\u2019s Health Strategy was published on 20 July 2022 and contained several important changes and future ambitions to improve the variations in access to National Health Service-funded fertility services. We will be working with NHS England this year to assess fertility provision across integrated care boards, which have responsibility for commissioning fertility services, with a view to removing non-clinical access criteria.<\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4777", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sarah Owen"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sarah Owen"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) cycles of IVF were funded and (b) people received a cycle of IVF in each NHS region in the most recent year for which data is available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1671836", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
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        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4492", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Maria Caulfield"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4679", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Neil O'Brien"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Neil O'Brien"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1668075", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1668075/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) fertility guidelines are currently under review by NICE, who expects revised guidelines to be published by the end of 2024.<\/p><p>The Women\u2019s Health Strategy sets out our longer-term ambition to work with NHS England and integrated care boards to ensure that the recommendations of the revised guidelines are fully implemented.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines Fertility problems: assessment and treatment, published on 20 February 2013 and updated on 6 September 2017, what assessment they have made of the access criteria for IVF.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3756", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Deech"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Deech"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1648703", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1648703/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that it has not made an assessment to date of the implantation failure rate for pronuclear transfer on the basis of maternal age, as the number to date is too low.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4948", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Markham"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Markham"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Earl Howe on 15 July 2013 (HL1303) and by Lord Markham on 6 June 2023 (HL7725) and 27 June 2023 (HL8708), whether the implantation failure rate to date for pronuclear transfer is therefore entirely explicable on the basis of maternal age; or if not, what is the most plausible explanation for deviation from prior expectations.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/738", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool"}
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