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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money the Government intends to invest to promote gamete donation; what protocols are in place to ensure that no coercive practices are involved in the targeting of gamete donation. - Inc figure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money the Government intends to invest to promote gamete donation; what protocols are in place to ensure that no coercive practices are involved in the targeting of gamete donation. - Inc figure.
Asked by
David Amess
(Conservative)
Answered by
Melanie Johnson
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
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Answered
Tabled on
11 May 2004
For answer on
19 May 2004
Answered on
19 May 2004
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much money the Government intends to invest to promote gamete donation;
[173379]
(2) what protocols are in place to ensure that no coercive practices are involved in the targeting of gamete donation. [173380]
Miss Melanie Johnson: We announced in January that we are to support the transition to identifiable gamete donors, subject to
Parliament's approval of the regulations, by increasing public awareness of the importance of such donors. The investment that we
are making in the promotion of gamete donation involves time and effort as well as the provision of funding.
We are working with a range of organisations including the Donor Conception Network, the National Gamete Donation Trust and the
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) on collaborative arrangements to encourage the recruitment of identifiable
donors. We will be supporting the National Gamete Donation Trust (NGDT) to make contact with fertility clinics about current
recruitment arrangements and the dissemination of good practice. The NGDT will also run an improved helpline for people interested
in being gamete donors on 0845 226 9193. To date we have decided to provide the NGDT with some £100,000 for this work and are
currently in discussion with them about further funding for 2004-05 and 2005-06.
Raising awareness of the value and importance of identifiable gamete donors will also take place in other ways. The HFEA will, for
instance, include it as part of their inspections of clinics. We will also be promoting public awareness of gamete donation with
other organisations and with the media in preparation for the introduction of identifiable donors from April 2005.
The donation of sperm, eggs or embryos is entirely voluntary. The code of practice issued by the HFEA makes clear that gamete donors
must be paid no more than £15 for each donation plus reasonable expenses. It also makes clear that where a person is undergoing a
treatment cycle, there must be no pressure or undue influence on a patient to donate supernumerary gametes or embryos.
Subjects
Codes of practice; Fertility; Finance; Donors
Date
19 May 2004
Reference
421 c1011-2W; 173379;173380
House
House of Commons