§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences of procuring illegal abortions were recorded as known to the police; how many people were proceeded against for offences of procuring illegal abortion; how many persons were found guilty of procuring illegal abortions; and how many persons were cautioned for offences of procuring illegal abortions in England and Wales in 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980, respectively.
§ Mr. MayhewInformation for 1977 to 1979 is published in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales"—offence classification 14 in tables 2.2, 1(a), 10 (a) and 33 of the volume of 1979, Cmnd. 8098. The information so far available for 1980 relates to offences recorded by the police in England and Wales and is published in Home Office statistical bulletin 5/81, a copy of which has been placed in the Library of the House; information relating to cautions and prosecutions in 1980 will be published later in the year in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, 1980".