§ Mr. Robin Cookasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the individual and total bids for housing capital allocation by the Scottish new towns development corporations in response to his letter of December 1986, including a breakdown between capital allocation, between rehabilitation and new construction, and the estimates by development corporations of expected revenue from sales of assets.
§ Mr. LangThe following tables set out the estimates contained in the budgets recently submitted to my Department by the new town development corporations:
sterilisation performed in Scotland between 1968 and 1986 (a) by gestation period (i) of under nine weeks, (ii) nine to 12 weeks, (iii) 13 to 16 weeks and (iv) 17 to 19 weeks and (b) by main procedure (i) aspiration, (ii) D and C or D and E, (iii) hysterotomy, (iv) laminaria tents, (v) prostaglandines, (vi) saline and (vii) utus paste.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe number of legal abortions without sterilisation performed in Scotland between 1968 and 1985 by gestation period is given in table 1. The available information about the number of legal abortions without sterilisation by method is given in table 2. Figures for 1986 are not yet available.
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Table 1: Legal abortions without sterilisation by gestation Scotland 1968 to 1975 Year Gestation (weeks) less than 9 9 to 12 13 to 16 17 to 19 20 plus Not known 1968 235 414 203 63 31 30 1969 553 1,150 483 152 59 49 1970 982 1,985 586 188 74 23 1971 1,236 2,354 660 216 61 13 1972 1,706 3,016 787 200 60 21 1973 1,801 3,090 797 197 84 27 1974 1,884 3,233 781 189 63 — 1975 1,713 3,406 840 232 88 — 1976 1,740 3,358 840 209 82 2 1977 1,960 3,332 744 188 95 4 1978 1,979 3,506 736 176 75 5 1979 2,042 3,680 824 230 84 3 1980 2,106 3,828 810 233 97 — 1981 2,454 4,490 818 202 89 — 1982 2,599 4,040 741 220 72 — 1983 2,600 4,045 728 249 69 — 1984 2,696 4,507 920 268 56 — 1985 2,791 4,600 856 251 47 —
Table 2: Legal abortions without sterilisation by method Scotland 1968 to 1985 Method of Termination Year D&C D&E Hysterotomy Vacuum Aspiration Prostaglandin Other 1968 550 165 129 N/A 132 1969 894 242 930 N/A 380 1970 1,175 285 1,898 N/A 480 1971 1,145 246 2,550 N/A 599 1972 1,204 216 3,637 N/A 733 1973 1,077 98 3,874 N/A 947 1974 794 68 4,184 N/A 1,104 1975 664 37 4,224 N/A 1,354 1976 639 36 4,416 N/A 1,140 1977 665 43 4,561 N/A 1,054 1978 738 27 4,726 N/A 986 1979 740 45 4,862 N/A 1,216 1980 813 22 5,068 N/A 1,171 1981 573 18 6,358 1,085 19 1982 405 15 6,250 983 19 1983 525 9 6,123 1,029 5 1984 626 6 6,611 1,193 11 1985 111 8 6,636 1,107 17 N/A = Not available.
§ Mr. Thurnhamasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many National Health Service abortions were performed in each health board area in Scotland in 1984, 1985 and 1986.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe number of abortions performed in National Health Service hospitals in 1984 and 1985 is set out in the table by health board of treatment. The figures for the island health boards have been grouped together because of the small number of terminations performed. Figures for 1986 are not yet available.
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Health board of treatment 1984 1985 Argyll and Clyde 436 541 Ayrshire and Arran 564 593 Borders — — Dumfries and Galloway 230 245 Fife 598 582 Forth Valley 390 369 Grampian 1,065 1,150 Greater Glasgow 1,794 1,767 Highland 401 394 Islands1 8 13
Health board of treatment 1984 1985 Lanarkshire 403 399 Lothian 2,000 1,929 Tayside 1,010 952 Total 8,899 8,934 1 "Islands" consists of: Orkney, Shetland, Western Isles health boards.