❓ Hon Nick Goiran asks about reporting requirements and statistics related to surrogacy arrangements in WA. The Minister provides some data, but suppresses figures below five to protect patient confidentiality.
AnsweredQoN 4297Legislative Council
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(1) Is a licensee who provides an artificial fertilisation procedure in connection with a surrogacy arrangement required to include in their annual report the requirements set out in Surrogacy Directions 2009 ? (2) I refer to Schedule 1 of the Surrogacy Directions 2009 and I ask, in the period from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2015, what were the total numbers of each of the following: (a) clients who commenced treatment with the intention of becoming arranged parents in a surrogacy arrangement; (b) arranged parents who sought approval from the Reproductive Technology Council for a surrogacy arrangement; (c) surrogacy arrangements approved by the Reproductive Technology Council; (d) surrogacy arrangements involving treatment using egg or sperm provided by a donor; (e) surrogacy arrangements involving treatment using embryos created from egg and sperm provided by donors; (f) surrogacy arrangements where a party has withdrawn from a surrogacy arrangement; (g) pregnancies in connection with surrogacy arrangements; and (h) live births in connection with surrogacy arrangements?
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Answered
15 September 2016
Responded by
Minister for Planning representing the Minister for Health
Response time
28 days
(1) A licensee who provides an artificial fertilisation procedure in connection with a surrogacy arrangement is required to annually report the items in Schedule 1 of the Surrogacy Directions 2009 to the Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Health.
(2) In the period of 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2015:
(a) In order to protect patient confidentiality and decrease the potential for identification of individuals, figures less than five have been suppressed, in accordance with “Guidelines for the Disclosure of Secondary Use of Health Information for Statistical Reporting, Research and Analysis 2015” (the Guidelines).
(b) 48.
(c) 23.
(d-f) See answer to (a)
(g) 10.
(h) Five.
(2) In the period of 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2015:
(a) In order to protect patient confidentiality and decrease the potential for identification of individuals, figures less than five have been suppressed, in accordance with “Guidelines for the Disclosure of Secondary Use of Health Information for Statistical Reporting, Research and Analysis 2015” (the Guidelines).
(b) 48.
(c) 23.
(d-f) See answer to (a)
(g) 10.
(h) Five.
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