Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 51680

IVF: Donors

Tabled: 12 May 2025
Answered: 15 May 2025

Question

Luke Murphy

LabourBasingstoke

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing enforceable limits on the number of children conceived from a single gamete donor.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), the United Kingdom’s fertility sector regulator, has advised that donor sperm, eggs, or embryos should not be used to create more than 10 families in the UK.The HFEA expects UK licensed clinics to e...

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