HC Deb 30 November 1993 vol 233 cc451-2W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the number of terminations of pregnancy performed in England by regional health authority of the patient's usual residence for 1992.

Mr. Sackville

This information is not yet available centrally.

Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health in how many regions of the NHS more terminations of pregnancy are performed in non-NHS hospitals than in NHS hospitals at the last date for which figures are available; what were the figures for the previous year; and what plans she has to ensure that access to the termination procedure within the NHS is consistent throughout the health regions.

Mr. Sackville

The information requested is shown in the tables for England for 1990 and 1991. Arrangements

Infant mortality rate
Italy 28.2
Luxembourg 9.2
Netherlands 6.5
Portugal 10.8
United Kingdom 7.4
1Deaths under one year per 1,000 livebirths.
2Provisional.

Source: Eurostat Demographic Statistics 1993.