§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many abortions have been performed under the Abortion Act 1967 in each of the last five years for which figures are available on pregnancies of (a) under 20 weeks, (b) 20 weeks,(c) 21 weeks, (d) 22 weeks, (e) 23 weeks and (f) 24 weeks or more; and how many of the abortions in each case were performed under (i) ground 1 and (ii) ground 5 of the Act;
(2) how many abortions have been performed under the Abortion Act 1967 in the first quarter of 1987 and the first quarter of each of the five preceding years on pregnancies of (a)under 20 weeks, (h)20 weeks, (c)21 weeks, (d)22 weeks, (e)23 weeks and (f)24 weeks or more; and how many of the abortions in each case were performed under (i) ground I and (ii) ground 5 of the Act.
§ Mr. NewtonThe available information is given in the tables. Data for the first quarter of 1987 have not yet been processed fully.
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Grounds Gestation period in completed weeks under 20 20 21 22 23 24 and over 1985 All 167,413 1,475 835 904 724 494 1 (with any other) 520 1 2 3 3 5 5 (alone) 3 1 — 1 — — 1986 All 168,168 1,389 753 876 880 204 1 (with any other) 479 3 1 2 2 1 5 (alone) — — 2 — — — First Quarter (March) 1982 All 42,208 331 141 221 147 120 1 (with any other) 169 1 — 2 — 1 5 (alone) 1 — — — — — 1983 All 42,332 346 160 229 114 137 1 (with any other) 162 3 — 1 — 4 5 (alone) 1 — — — — — 1984 All 43,244 372 169 208 140 143 1 (with any other) 158 1 — — — — 5 (alone) — 1 — — — — 1985 All 43,006 391 222 228 183 145 1 (with any other) 188 — — — — 2 5 (alone) 1 — — — — — 1986 All 42,671 332 181 204 195 77 1 (with any other) 103 — — 1 — — 5 (alone) — — 1 — — — Notes:
Notifications with unknown gestation period are excluded.
Ground 1: the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk to the life of the pregnant woman greater than if the pregnancy were terminated.
Ground 5: in emergency, to save the life of the pregnant woman.
Tabulation categories as in OPCS published data (series AB)