Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 107441

IVF

Tabled: 21 January 2026
Answered: 28 January 2026

Question

Alex Sobel

Labour (Co-op)Leeds Central and Headingley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of standardising the number of NHS-funded In Vitro Fertilisation cycles available to patients across England.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Funding decisions for health services in England are made by integrated care boards (ICBs), based on their population’s clinical needs. We are working with NHS England to understand and improve the offer around National Health Service-funded fertility ser...

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