§ Mr. Chris SmithTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to publish the figures for the number of terminations of pregnancy carried out in
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Number of people in Great Britain who have experienced at least one spell of claimant unemployment between 1 September1and 10 October 1996, by number of spells and region Thousands Region One Two Three Four Five Six or more Total Greater London 935.8 449.9 232.0 118.4 57.7 58.8 1,852.7 Rest of South East 956.9 431.4 217.9 115.7 59.0 70.9 1,851.8 East Anglia 189.0 86.0 46.3 25.6 15.2 21.5 383.6 South-west 458.2 215.8 117.1 66.2 38.1 50.1 945.5 West Midlands 548.2 259.7 134.8 72.3 38.8 41.4 1,095.2 East Midlands 387.4 180.1 95.9 52.3 27.2 35.0 778.0 Yorkshire and Humberside 492.2 238.8 135.4 77.9 44.7 66.1 1,055.1 North-west 654.5 325.2 178.8 101.4 55.3 72.5 1,387.8 North 298.8 152.7 91.1 51.0 30.4 46.6 670.6 Wales 266.3 132.7 74.2 42.3 24.8 33.1 573.4 Scotland 507.2 252.4 146.6 84.8 49.6 73.1 1,113.8 Great Britain 5,694.6 2,724.7 1,470.2 808.1 441.0 569.0 11,707.6 1Claimants who were claiming on, or started claiming after, 1 September 1990. the first quarter of 1996; and if he will set out with them the equivalent figures for the same period in 1995. [5432]
§ Mrs. Angela KnightThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Chris Smith, dated 27 November 1996:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on the publication of the latest abortion statistics.Provisional figures relating to notifications of terminations performed under the Abortion Act 1967 during the March quarter of 1996 will be published on 21 November 1996. Equivalent figures for the same period in 1995 are available in 'Legal abortions March quarter 1995' ONS (formerly OPCS) Monitor series AB 96/1 which was published on 30 January 1996.