§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the total number of legal abortions in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. William RossInformation about the number of legal abortions before 27th April 1968, when the Abortion Act 1967 came into operation, is not available. Following is the information for 1968 and subsequent years in terms of the numbers270W of abortions notified to my Department's Chief Medical Officer:
Year Number of Abortions 1968 (from 27th April) … 1,537 1969 … 3,544 1970 … 5,254 1971 … 6,332 1972 … 7,600 1973 … 7,498