§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many legal abortions were performed in 1995(a) with Antiprogesterone and (b) without overnight stay on women resident in (i) each health region and (ii) each district health authority; and how many of these abortions involved NHS hospitals, NHS agency arrangements and other purchasers. [7402]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe 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. Neil Gerrard, dated 15 July 1997:
103WThe Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on abortions.The attached tables provide the information you requested.
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Legal abortions performed with (a) antiprogesterone, (b) without overnight stay, by type of purchaser, on women resident in England and Wales, health regions and health authorities, 1995 With antiprogesterone Without overnight stay Place of usual residence Total NHS NHS agency Non-NHS Total NHS NHS agency Non-NHS Trent (Cont.) Barnsley 28 27 0 1 349 227 20 102 Doncaster 10 8 0 2 664 579 5 80 Rotherham 44 43 0 1 512 417 6 89 Sheffield 420 416 1 3 971 783 14 174 North Nottinghamshire 30 27 0 3 673 545 2 126 Lincolnshire 140 138 1 1 869 768 4 97 Anglia and Oxford 1,443 1,358 9 76 10,554 7,012 1,238 2,304 Cambridge 79 77 0 2 610 564 0 46 North-west Anglia 8 3 0 5 663 535 21 107 Huntingdon 6 3 0 3 280 250 1 29 Suffolk 4 3 0 1 1,184 1,082 7 95 East Norfolk 0 0 0 0 1,068 1,013 4 51 Bedfordshire 144 127 2 15 1,300 950 120 230 Berkshire 399 374 0 25 1,718 462 241 1,015 Buckinghamshire 94 79 6 9 1,568 421 771 376 Northamptonshire 239 229 1 9 1,171 852 67 252 Oxfordshire 470 463 0 7 992 883 6 103 North Thames 961 590 39 332 29,640 15,778 3,588 10,274 North-west Hertfordshire 12 5 0 7 625 351 11 263 South-west Hertfordshire 2 1 0 1 643 370 14 259 Barnet 18 2 1 15 1,332 769 55 508 Hillingdon 9 4 0 5 767 353 151 263 East and North Hertfordshire 28 14 0 14 1,085 676 6 403 Brent and Harrow 38 8 9 21 2,799 51 1,765 983 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 66 14 9 43 3,525 1,164 966 1,395 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 286 241 1 44 2,508 1,503 42 963 North Essex 22 9 0 13 1,781 1,266 3 512 South Essex 182 168 1 13 1,597 1,061 5 531 Barking and Havering 15 3 1 11 1,161 827 9 325 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 38 11 0 27 1,984 881 31 1,072 East London and The City 112 72 1 39 4,094 3,081 25 988 New River 56 2 14 40 2,945 1,708 286 951 Camden and Islington 77 36 2 39 2,794 1,717 219 858 South Thames 401 110 92 199 22,098 9,899 4,352 7,847 Bromley 29 18 1 10 690 387 26 277 East Sussex 37 10 1 26 1,871 872 123 876 East Kent 67 64 1 2 1,038 633 108 297 West Kent 21 4 3 14 2,226 542 1,022 662 Bexley and Greenwich 15 3 2 10 1,352 808 86 458 South-east London 142 2 79 61 5,625 2,460 1,564 1,601 Croydon 10 1 0 9 1,419 350 548 521 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 37 5 0 32 2,853 1,796 53 1,004 Kingston and Richmond 5 1 0 4 938 536 11 391 Western Surrey 13 1 4 8 1,547 278 601 668 Eastern Surrey 8 1 0 7 970 564 36 370 West Sussex 17 0 1 16 1,569 673 174 722 South and West 338 284 0 54 12,619 8,458 1,629 2,532 Dorset 16 9 0 7 1,330 628 161 541 Portsmouth and South-east Hampshire 8 0 0 8 1,325 1,168 26 131 Southampton and South-west Hampshire 34 21 0 13 1,018 403 416 199 North and Mid Hampshire 23 9 0 14 1,075 230 304 541 Wiltshire and Bath 20 12 0 8 1,342 290 530 522 Isle of Wight 1 0 0 1 179 112 27 40 Bristol 122 122 0 0 1,464 1,193 47 224 Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly 2 1 0 1 858 774 6 78 Exeter and North Devon 22 22 0 0 789 759 0 30 Plymouth and Torbay 1 1 0 0 1,212 1,155 6 51 Gloucestershire 39 37 0 2 1,259 1,040 99 120 Somerset 50 50 0 0 768 706 7 55 West Midlands 146 51 49 46 13,332 2,581 6,507 4,244 Hertfordshire 4 2 0 2 262 198 4 60 Worcester 3 1 0 2 573 106 269 198 Shropshire 6 1 0 5 851 168 384 299 North Staffordshire 1 1 0 0 877 645 8 224 Coventry 27 1 24 2 1,129 7 1,078 44 Dudley 2 0 0 2 684 6 382 296
Legal abortions performed with (a) antiprogesterone, (b) without overnight stay, by type of purchaser, on women resident in England and Wales, health regions and health authorities, 1995 With antiprogesterone Without overnight stay Place of usual residence Total NHS NHS agency Non-NHS Total NHS NHS agency Non-NHS West Midlands (Cont.) Sandwell 2 0 0 2 924 13 654 257 Solihull 8 5 0 3 475 51 141 283 Walsall 2 1 0 1 658 438 10 210 Wolverhampton 2 2 0 0 816 19 353 444 South Birmingham 9 1 0 8 1,250 17 757 476 North Worcestershire 5 1 0 4 521 237 45 239 South Staffordshire 22 20 0 2 1,221 605 65 551 Warwickshire 23 1 18 4 1,293 29 1,182 82 North Birmingham 30 14 7 9 1,798 42 1,175 581 North West 980 932 0 48 14,128 7,938 1,860 4,330 North Cheshire 5 1 0 4 840 10 698 132 South Cheshire 17 9 0 8 1,388 434 708 246 Liverpool 161 155 0 6 1,417 1,091 12 314 St. Helens and Knowsley 53 53 0 0 733 513 31 189 Sefton 65 63 0 2 566 414 3 149 Wirral 10 9 0 1 852 665 37 150 Stockport 4 2 0 2 706 389 75 242 North West Lancashire 1 1 0 0 850 59 158 633 East Lancashire 181 177 0 4 954 817 2 135 South Lanshire 15 13 0 2 544 334 1 209 Wigan and Bolton 188 186 0 2 1,037 621 16 400 Bury and Rochdale 51 47 0 4 694 453 2 239 West Pennine 25 21 0 4 88.3 842 48.3 354 Manchester 163 159 0 4 1,274 842 15 417 Salford and Trafford 39 34 0 5 916 468 28 420 Morecambe 2 2 0 0 474 345 28 101 Wales 685 670 1 14 4,679 3,076 354 1,249 Clwyd 75 69 1 5 803 227 243 333 Gwent 46 44 0 2 594 213 55 326 Gwynedd 16 16 0 0 369 252 9 108 Mid Glamorgan 96 93 0 3 784 551 27 206 Powys 19 93 0 3 784 551 27 206 South Glamorgan 199 195 0 4 694 469 12 213 West Glamorgan 154 154 0 0 647 636 2 9 Dyfed 80 80 0 0 616 587 1 28 Source:
Abortion Statistics, England and Wales, AB Series.