§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by health authority in England and Wales the percentage of NHS-funded abortions occurring within 10 weeks gestation of pregnancyin each of the last five years. [61073]
§ Ms BlearsThe information requested is set out as follows.
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Abortions in England and Wales 1997–2001 performed under 10 weeks gestation, percentage NHS funded Year of termination Health authority of residence (2001 boundaries) 1997 1998 1999 2000 20011 East London and The City 39 39 43 43 33 East Riding 88 88 89 90 89 East Surrey 49 51 60 58 70 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 47 43 54 52 54 Gateshead and South Tyneside 92 91 92 87 88 Gloucestershire 82 77 79 79 83 Herefordshire 87 84 88 91 87 Hertfordshire 52 61 59 61 63 Hillingdon 47 55 59 55 62 Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and SE Hants 82 82 85 86 82 Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster 51 56 53 54 54 Kingston and Richmond 44 43 40 39 38 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 40 58 59 58 51 Leeds 75 64 59 72 70 Leicestershire 77 81 83 83 79 Lincolnshire 85 84 88 89 89 Liverpool 82 74 71 68 60 Manchester 55 57 71 82 86 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 54 52 49 48 44 Morecambe Bay 86 87 76 82 77 Newcastle and North Tyneside 92 92 94 93 95 Norfolk 91 92 90 90 90 North and East Devon 94 94 94 94 95 North and Mid Hampshire 40 42 42 54 64 North Cheshire 79 76 75 73 79 North Cumbria 97 98 98 97 96 North Derbyshire 84 86 86 88 90 North Essex 50 57 53 52 52 North Nottinghamshire 77 82 83 84 84 North Staffordshire 62 71 68 64 63 North West Lancashire 39 48 48 60 73 North Yorkshire 79 72 72 71 71 Northamptonshire 66 68 64 63 62 Northumberland 97 96 94 95 95 Nottingham 69 79 84 80 78 Oxfordshire 89 88 84 82 79 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 31 45 30 26 37 Rotherham 76 69 74 77 78 Salford and Trafford 47 46 59 66 71 Sandwell 73 70 68 70 79 Sefton 78 71 67 64 75 Sheffield 81 77 78 82 86 Shropshire 61 68 72 75 78 Solihull 29 27 29 48 55 Somerset 91 86 85 82 81 South and West Devon 89 87 95 96 92 South Cheshire 74 70 66 68 74 South Essex 61 64 62 64 68 South Humber 89 92 93 93 91 South Lancashire 52 47 53 57 67 South Staffordshire 57 64 68 75 78 Southampton and South West Hampshire 75 71 76 76 77 Southern Derbyshire 76 81 86 76 78 St. Helens and Knowsley 74 71 68 65 63 Stockport 64 59 63 63 73 Suffolk 87 86 87 88 85 Sunderland 95 88 87 88 88 Tees 97 95 94 96 96 Wakefield 63 50 51 63 71 Walsall 51 45 46 48 48 Warwickshire 90 85 81 87 88 West Kent 59 75 76 73 77 West Pennine 62 58 52 73 81 West Surrey 64 64 68 66 70 West Sussex 38 42 47 50 55 Wigan and Bolton 60 58 62 68 73 Wiltshire 51 55 55 59 69 Wirral 84 66 75 73 83 Wolverhampton 44 38 38 58 67
Abortions in England and Wales 1997–2001 performed under 10 weeks gestation, percentage NHS funded Year of termination Health authority of residence (2001 boundaries) 1997 1998 1999 2000 20011 Wales Bro Taf 61 56 66 73 70 Dyfed Powys 90 92 90 89 90 Gwent 93 92 90 86 88 Morgannwg 93 94 92 91 89 North Wales 83 82 82 81 84 1Provisional