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Multiple Births

Mr. Wigley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many sets of (a) twins, (b) triplets, (c) quadruplets, (d) quintuplets and (e) sextuplets were born in England in each year since 1990; and how many multiple births in each category were conceived as a result of (i) in vitro fertilisation, (ii) gamete intra-fallopian transfer and (iii) other forms of assisted conception. [8175]

Ms Jowell: The information is not available in the form requested. The number of multiple maternities in England for the period 1990 to 1996 is shown in table 1.

Details of pregnancies achieved and births in the UK for the same period as the result of in vitro fertilisation or donor insemination, including gamete intra-fallopian transfer, are shown in tables 2 to 5.

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Table 1: Maternities in England by multiplicity 1990-96

1990199119921993199419951996
Twins7,5337,7397,8887,8968,0148,3208,166
Triplets190201193225249266246
Quadruplets910811868
Quintuplets--11--------
Sextuplets------1------
Septuplets------------1

Source:

Office for National Statistics.

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Table 2: Pregnancies conceived from 1990 to 1994 through IVF or Donor Insemination

SingletonTwinTriplet greaterQuad or more
IVF clinical pregnancies (includes frozen embryo transfer and ISCI)
1990(9)1,404411691
1991(10)1,491503751
19922,1097091180
19932,8078471481
19943,0641,0091973
1995To be published in 1997 annual report

Notes:

(9) Data collected by OPCS for the Interim Licensing Authority.

(10) Data for 1 January 1991 to 31 July 1991 collected by OPCS 1 August 1991 to 31 December 1991 collected by the HFEA.

Figures provided for UK as a whole.

Donor insemination clinical pregnancies (includes GIFT with donor sperm).

Source:

HFEA.

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Table 3: Pregnancies conceived from 1990 to 1994 through IVF or Donor Insemination

SingletonTwinTriplet greaterQuad or more
IVF Live births events (includes frozen embryo transfer and ICSI)
1990No figures available
1991No figures available
19921,592627990
19932,1647901341
19942,3769291702
1995To be published in 1997 annual report (October 1997)

Source:

HFEA.

Note:

Figures provided for UK as a whole.

Donor insemination live birth events (includes GIFT with donor sperm).


Table 4

SingletonTwinTriplet greaterQuad or more
1990No data available
1991(11)5453130
19921,52793101
19931,678123(12)18
19941,838110171
1995To be published in 1997 annual report (October 1997)

Notes:

(11) Data available from 1 August 1991 to 31 December 1991 only. Prior to 1 August 1991 data were collected by the OPCS and did not include Donor Insemination data.

(12) Includes three clinical pregnancies/live birth events which were reported as "triplet or greater".

Figures provided for UK as a whole.

Source:

HFEA.

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Table 5

SingletonTwinTriplet greaterQuad or more
1990No figures available
1991No figures available
19921,21283101
19931,387112(13)18
19941,549105161
1995To be published in 1997 annual report (October 1997)

Note:

(13) Includes three clinical pregnancies/live birth events which were reported as "triplet or greater".

Source

HFEA

Figures provided for UK as a whole.

Chief Medical Officer (Stockport)

Mr. Bennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people work for the chief medical officer in Stockport health authority; and what is the average figure for similar-sized health authorities. [8694]

Mr. Milburn: The director of public health in Stockport is supported by a team of three consultants in public health medicine, two trainees on rotation and three and a half--whole-time equivalent--secretarial-support staff. This team has developed an extensive network of links with, for example, NHS trusts, the local authority, other government agencies and voluntary organisations, which contributes to health promotion and activities and public health issues. There are no comparable figures available for other authorities.

Eyesight Tests

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many free domiciliary sight test visits there were in (a) 1992-93, (b) 1993-94, (c) 1994-95 and (d) 1995-96, broken down by health authority. [8828]

Mr. Milburn: The information is given in the table. It reveals marked variations between years for some authorities for which no explanation was provided. This suggests that some returns may not have been audited and some data for individual authorities may be subject to error.

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Number of domiciliary sight tests paid for by FHSAs in England

1992-931993-941994-951995-96
Cleveland2,0502,1502,3802,510
Cumbria6908701,0801,080
Durham2,9503,1003,3303,710
Northumberland1,4001,5601,7001,550
Gateshead4609509401,420
Newcastle8909201,5402,100
North Tyneside8001,030810820
South Tyneside530530580800
Sunderland1,1001,2201,6101,480
Humberside2,3402,7203,2103,780
North Yorkshire1,1401,2101,8502,280
Bradford1,4402,0602,6803,110
Calderdale460510270810
Kirklees1,2801,4001,5801,560
Leeds5,4904,7603,9903,440
Wakefield1,0501,1501,3501,470
Derbyshire3,3303,4204,1803,880
Leicestershire1,5802,3603,2103,580
Lincolnshire1,4602,2002,1502,420
Nottinghamshire2,7002,9604,0805,060
Barnsley9608806901,310
Doncaster7807907301,140
Rotherham7507101,1001,180
Sheffield1,7101,8402,3803,130
Cambridgeshire5401,3501,420670
Norfolk2,8603,1703,7804,080
Suffolk1,2701,4802,0102,580
Bedfordshire9001,0101,3301,470
Hertfordshire2,8203,0504,4905,030
Barnet1,1501,2602,1402,090
Brent and Harrow1,2601,5301,6902,790
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow1,3501,6702,4902,150
Hillingdon420460950930
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster2,9101,3501,630830
Essex6,5607,3308,2108,010
Barking and Havering9709701,5902,230
Camden and Islington1,3901,5502,4202,200
City and East London3,3903,6004,9704,690
Enfield and Haringey1,1301,4902,0402,990
Redbridge and Waltham Forest1,8101,5802,3202,170
East Sussex4,3504,1904,6004,590
Kent2,8504,1405,3106,740
Greenwich and Bexley6308701,3501,460
Bromley6101,3701,9901,530
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham3,1703,6404,7906,740
Surrey2,1901,9702,3703,230
West Sussex1,4401,7501,8102,260
Croydon6301,1502040
Kingston and Richmond6205807801,130
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth1,2901,6002,5903,490
Dorset6,2508,4307,0203,250
Hampshire3,1404,3105,2204,820
Wiltshire2,6201,3301,3301,560
Isle of Wight210260280220
Berkshire1,0701,0101,3901,780
Buckinghamshire3504008301,030
Northamptonshire1,2601,9101,8302,280
Oxfordshire9106509801,110
Avon2,4302,7403,2703,900
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly9107301,3501,770
Devon2,9003,5705,2006,700
Gloucestershire1,2601,6001,6501,990
Somerset8108201,2801,840
Hereford and Worcester1,1701,5702,2602,830
Shropshire8209901,2701,340
Staffordshire1,4702,3003,2003,510
Warwickshire1,1401,6001,2601,930
Birmingham4,6102,4005,1505,720
Coventry2,0401,7702,5103,510
Dudley9401,4701,6001,480
Sandwell2,2501,7401,6201,590
Solihull350330270410
Walsall8701,1808701,020
Wolverhampton8808609901,210
Cheshire1,4502,5902,1603,260
Liverpool2,0503,4003,2003,560
St. Helens and Knowsley7501,2201,8202,030
Sefton1,4102,0002,0102,330
Wirral1,2401,1101,1201,240
Lancashire3,5106,5107,7409,420
Bolton7101,0201,1101,340
Bury3909501,0001,120
Manchester1,5702,4903,2603,420
Oldham470610720980
Rochdale220770920980
Salford8,2001,2601,6201,700
Stockport490730790730
Tameside3608701,1301,120
Trafford9101,5701,5101,630
Wigan2,0809401,0901,130
Total England152,260167,380200,310222,500

Source:

SBE515.

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