§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of women resident in the United Kingdom who had an abortion in 1986 who already had(a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four or (e) five previous abortions;
(2) if he will list the number of women not usually resident in the United Kingdom who had an abortion in 1986 who already had (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four or (e) five previous abortions.
§ Mr. NewtonThe available information is given in the table.
Number of notifications of abortions carried out under the Abortion Act 1967 to (a) residents of United Kingdom and (b) non-residents of United Kingdom by number of previous abortions under the Act England and Wales 1986 Number of previous abortions under the Act Residents of the United Kingdom Non-residents of the United Kingdom 1 23,838 3,042 2 3,228 359 3 548 79 4 131 22 5 23 4 Women having more than one abortion in 1986 will be counted more than once in this table.