Written question asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Thornton (Labour) on Thursday, 28 January 2010.

Embryology

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Thornton on 19 January (WA 224–5), why the use of 681 human eggs was not recorded under research licence R0122 in the manner indicated by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority chief executive’s letter dated 9 November 2009.

Answer

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) was the source of the information provided by Lord Darzi of Denham to the noble Lord in his Written Answer of 19 June 2008 (WA 178-86). The mean number of eggs collected per cycle (in which egg collection was intended), at the Newcastle Fertility Centre, is shown in the following table.

Year	Mean number of eggs collected
2004	10.4
2005	9.5
2006	8.1
2007	8.4
2008	8.2
2009	9.3

"Source: HFEA" The HFEA has advised that the information held on its register, regarding eggs, is in line with the requirements of Section 31 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, as amended. The HFEA has also advised that, with regard to the use of eggs in research and also its research licence R0122, it has nothing further to add to the information given in my answer of 19 January 2010 (WA 224-5).

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Type: Written question
Reference: 1422; 716 c363-5WA
Session: 2009-10
Related items: Embryology
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects: Licensing Human embryo experiments Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Newcastle Fertility Centre
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Embryology

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