§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will give a breakdown by region of the numbers of sterilisations performed on (a) men and (b) women in the last year for which figures are available;
(2) how many sterilisations have been performed under the National Health Service in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available on (a) men and (b) women.
Sterilisations Men* Women Regional health authority NHS hospital day cases Family planning clinics Associated with delivery Associated with termination Peformed in other circumstances †l981 1982 †l980 1982 †1981 Northern 3,440 141 1,210 417 3,940 Yorkshire 8,100 351 1,180 444 3,680 Trent 2,890 2,203 1,720 817 6,560 East Anglian 440 nil 320 435 2,800 NW Thames 780 410 750 412 3,650 NE Thames 1,940 679 810 588 3,190 SE Thames 2,750 268 790 479 3,800 SW Thames 640 721 470 226 3,260 Wessex 1,320 1,478 330 415 3,300 Oxford 1,260 604 550 334 3,310 South Western 1,740 1,289 860 390 3,890 West Midlands 2,230 2,297 1,280 494 4,940 Mersey 2,580 639 830 181 1,630 North Western 3,040 1,597 1,510 661 5,060 England 33,150 12,677 12,610 6,293 53,010 Wales 1,610 485 1,040 394 3,360 England and Wales 34,760 13,162 13,650 6,687 56,370 * There were also an estimated 2,810 sterilisations of male in-patients in NHS hospitals in England and Wales in 1981 but a regional analysis of these is not available. † Estimated.