Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 45588

Embryos

Tabled: 17 April 2025

Answered: 24 April 2025

Question

Bob Blackman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many human embryos were discarded in each of the last ten years for which information is available; and what uses discarded embryos are put to.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The following table, provided by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), shows the number of human embryos discarded in each of the last ten years for which information is available:YearEmbryos discarded2022160,2852021172,6652020137,29620...

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