Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 68252
IVF: Donors
Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025
Question
Rebecca Paul
Conservative — Reigate
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the reason that over 4,100 women from the poorest backgrounds in the UK have donated their eggs since 2011.
Answer
Karin SmythThe Department has not undertaken an assessment, however, academic research in the United Kingdom has consistently found that donating eggs and sperm is driven by altruism.The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) published data shows that e...
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