§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many home deliveries there have been in each of the last three years; what proportion of total births these represented in each case; what was the mortality rate; and how this compares with the overall rate for each year.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe information is as follows:
Numbers of home births as a percentage of total births 1978–80 England and Wales 1978 1979 1980 Home births 9,608 8,904 8,162 Percentage of total births 1.60 1.38 1.23