Family Planning Clinics

HC Deb 11 February 1993 vol 218 c759W

Ms. Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was(a) the number of first contacts with people using family planning clinics and (b) the percentage of the female population seen at family planning clinics for each year since 1988–89.

Mr. Sackville

Information for 1991–92 is not yet available. For other years the information for England is as follows:

	First contacts at family planning clinics (thousands)
	Total	Male	Female1	Female contacts seen1 as percentage of population aged 15 to 49
1988–89	1,147.6	32.4	1,115.2	9.5
1989–90	1,148.2	32.7	1,115.5	9.5
1990–91	1,091.6	31.9	1,059.8	9.0
1 Whilst the great majority of first contacts will fall within the ages 15 to 49, there may be some above or below those ages.