HC Deb 12 February 1980 vol 978 cc633-4W
Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he would expect the first child of a women given Depo Provera during the nursing period to reach the reproductive age.

Dr. Vaughan

Depo Provera has been licensed in the United Kingdom as a short-term contraceptive since 1974. Therefore, the first female child of a women given Depo Provera during the nursing period is likely to reach reproductive age between 1986 and 1988.