§ Ms. Harmanasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many general practitioners in Wales hold the joint committee on contraception certificate in family planning;
(2) how many and which health authorities provide designated young people's birth control services in Wales;
(3) how many (a) National Health Service family planning clinics and (b) general practitioner health centres are designated as training centres for family planning in Wales.
§ Ms. Harmanasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the breakdown of numbers of individuals receiving contraceptive advice and treatment (a) by contraceptive method and (b) by source of treatment clinic or general practitioner in Wales for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. GristThe available information for Wales is given in the following table. It is only possible to provide a split between IUD and other methods for patients receiving contraceptive services from general practitioners.
Persons receiving advice and treatment 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Family planning clinics1 Oral contraceptives 43,163 45,937 45,565 42,134 39,767 IUD 11,512 10,754 11,156 11,348 10,280 Cap/diaphragm 4,539 4,392 5,309 5,295 5,005 Sheath 10,449 11,363 13,242 12,739 12,425 Chemicals 895 698 963 755 770 Rhythm 17 25 23 11 12 Female sterilization 68 85 81 675 666 Vasectomy 356 155 234 816 806 Other 1,744 2,336 2,421 2,432 2,617 None 3,731 3,695 4,153 4,623 4,579 Total 76,474 79,440 83,147 80,828 76,927 General medical practitioners2 IUD 3,973 4,026 4,590 5,445 5,489
Health Authority 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Premises Sessions Premises Sessions Premises Sessions Premises Sessions Premises Sessions Clwyd 17 1,423 17 1,407 17 1,407 19 1,398 19 1,414 East Dyfed 10 406 10 391 11 462 11 471 11 505 Pembrokeshire 5 247 6 269 5 246 5 267 5 276 Gwent 38 2,306 38 2,382 38 2,407 38 2,367 35 2,333 Gwynedd 22 924 28 961 28 975 28 957 27 939 Mid Glamorgan 35 2,073 35 2,172 36 2,172 35 2,104 35 2,001 Powys 7 202 7 208 7 210 7 208 7 203 South Glamorgan 20 1,778 20 1,786 20 1,711 20 1,676 20 1,649 West Glamorgan 22 1,066 24 1,111 23 1,168 23 1,097 21 1,119