§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether she will publish in the Official Report figures showing the number of abortions carried out in the National Health Service hospitals and private nursing homes in each of the West Midland Regional Health Administration Areas for the last 12 months for which information is available.
§ Dr. OwenAvailable information relates to the West Midland Regional Health Authority as a whole. Provisional figures for 1974 are 2,730 operations performed in National Health Service hospitals and 17,750 in approved places.
§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether she will publish in the Official Report figures showing the total number of abortions carried out in the United Kingdom during the last 12 month period for which in formation is available, indicating also the number of abortions carried out for therapeutic, social and other reasons during the same period.
§ Dr. OwenAvailable information is as follows:
ABORTIONS ON WOMEN USUALLY RESIDENT IN GREAT BRITAIN Grounds 1974* 1. Risk to life of woman 1,128 2. Risk of injury to physical or mental health of woman 95,163 3. Risk of injury to physical or mental health of existing child(ren) 3,369 4. Substantial risk of child being born abnormal 1,036 5. In emergency—to save life of woman 3 6. In emergency—to prevent grave permanent injury to physical or mental health of woman 9 2 with 4 756 3 with others 15,513 116,977 * Provisional.
§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether she will publish in the Official Report figures showing the number of abortions carried out in NHS hospitals and in the private 433W sector, respectively, during the last 12 months for which the information is available.
Women usually resident in Great Britain Women not usually resident in Great Britain Total National Health Service hospitals 63,030 242 63,272 Approved places 53,947 53,443 107,390 116,977 53,685 170,662
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many deaths were attributed to abortion in England and Wales in each quarter of 1975 to date; and in each case, what was the classification of the cause of death.
§ Dr. OwenThe provisional number of deaths in the March quarter assigned to abortion is two, both abortions being induced for medical indications. Figures for later quarters are not yet available.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many abortions were notified as being carried out in England and Wales in 1974 on women whose normal place of residence was, respectively, England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Irish Republic, Channel Isles, Isle of Man, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Italy, West Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, the United States of America and other countries, respectively; and what are the comparable figures for the first three-quarters of 1975.
§ Dr. OwenThe numbers are as follows:
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ABORTIONS IN ENGLAND AND WALES Women usually resident in 1974 (Provisional) 1975 to 30th September England and Wales 109,432 81,124 Scotland 1,038 831 Northern Ireland 1,102 851 Irish Republic 1,406 1,197 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 373 275 Belgium 616 312 Luxembourg 41 22 France 36,541 13,398 Spain 2,863 3,117 Italy 1,730 3,966 West Germany 6,112 2,825 Netherlands 80 58 Denmark 4 2 Austria 268 69 Switzerland 604 347
§ Dr. OwenThe provisional numbers of abortions carried out in Great Britain during 1974 are as follows:
Canada 24 11 United States of America 64 46 Other countries 819 713 163,117 109,164
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many abortions were notified in 1974 for women normally resident in Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Coventry and Liverpool; how many of these were performed in (a) a National Health Service hospital in the home region, (b) non-National Health Service premises in the home region, (c) a National Health Service hospital in another region and (d) non-National Health Service premises in another region; and how these all compare with the figures for 1975 as far as they are now known.
§ Dr. OwenI regret that this information is not yet available. I shall write to my hon. Friend when it is.