Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 13597

IVF: LGBT+ People

Tabled: 11 November 2024
Answered: 20 November 2024

Question

Sarah Coombes

LabourWest Bromwich

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to help reduce the cost of IVF for female same-sex couples.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Government has signed secondary legislation into law on 31 October 2024 to update the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act, which removes additional screening costs for female same sex couples undergoing reciprocal in-vitro fertilisation.The Nationa...

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