§ 82. Mr. StevensTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total number of abortions so far performed under the Abortion Act 1967; and how many of these were performed on non-United Kingdom resident women.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 24 January 1989]: The total number of notifications of legal abortions, to resident and non-resident women, carried out under the Abortion Act 1967 from 27 April 1968 to 30 June 1988 in England and Wales, is 2,899,4051. Of these 921,6081 (31.8 per cent.) were performed on non-United Kingdom resident women.
1 The total number of abortions is based on notifications received (1968 to 1980) and on occurrences (1981 to 1988). Data for 1988 are provisional.