HC Deb 15 April 1991 vol 189 cc80-1W
Ms. Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which district health authorities provide sterilisation within the national health service.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The information collected centrally is not a form which enables accurate identification of all the district health authorities providing sterilisations.

Ms. Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he has conducted any research into links between the availability of sterilisation and incidents of unplanned and regretted pregnancies.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

No research on this specific topic has been commissioned by the Department.

Ms. Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the relative costs of(a) sterilisation for social reasons and (b) continued use of contraception within the national health service; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

This information is not collected centrally.