§ Mr. PollardTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 19 October 1998, Official 689W Report, columns 929–30, concerning numbers of registered maternities, if the information can be provided for the most recent single year for which data are available. [58078]
§ Ms HewittThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Maternities occurring in 1997 in selected hospitals for selected areas of usual residence of the mother Place of mother's residence Place of maternity St. Albans Dacorum Watford Hertsmere Three Rivers i) Hemel Hempstead General Hospital 1,215 1,512 13 12 48 ii) St. Albans City Hospital 0 0 0 0 0 iii) Watford General Hospital 102 32 1,078 588 884 iv) Mount Vernon Hospital 0 0 0 0 0 v) Barnet General Hospital 1 0 1 32 0 vi) Chase Farm Hospital 3 1 0 95 0 vii) Northwick Park Hospital 3 2 11 14 16 viii) Luton and Dunstable Hospital 29 13 0 1 2 ix) Stoke Mandeville Hospital 0 154 0 0 1 x) Wycombe General Hospital 0 1 0 0 3 xi) Other NHS Hospitals 234 21 14 299 45 xii) RAF Halton Hospital 0 0 0 0 0 xiii) Other non-NHS hospitals 4 4 0 20 6 xiv) At home 84 66 17 10 15 xv) Elsewhere 0 1 0 1 1 Total 1,675 1,807 1,134 1,072 1,021