HC Deb 22 January 1969 vol 776 cc138-42W
Mr. Dewar

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the latest figures of notifications under the Abortion Act, 1967.

Mr. Ennals

Following are the figures:

Married
Under Not All
Grounds 16 16–19 20–34 35–44 45 + Slated Ages
1 … … — 4 373 301 12 19 709
2 … … — 50 3,059 1,990 80 143 5,322
3 … … — 5 386 184 5 21 601
4 … … — 22 561 94 7 9 693
5 … … — 2 5 4 — — 11
6 … … — — 11 8 1 1 21
2 and 4 … … — 5 129 62 6 5 207
3 and others … … — 15 1,432 800 21 51 2,319
All Totals … … — 103 5,956 3,443 132 249 9,883
Widowed, Divorced and Separated
Under Not All
Grounds 16 16–19 20–34 35–44 45 + Slated Ages
1 … … — — 67 17 — 1 85
2 … … — 25 731 240 12 14 1,022
3 … … — 2 119 40 — 7 168
4 … … — — 12 1 — — 13
5 … … — — — — — — —
6 … … — — 1 — — — 1
2 and 4 … … — — 16 3 — — 19
3 and others … … — 9 338 140 1 15 503
All Totals … … — 36 1,284 441 13 37 1,811
Not Stated
Under Not All
Grounds 16 16–19 20–34 35–44 45 + Stated Ages
1 … … — — 1 — — — 1
2 … … — 4 32 17 1 5 59
3 … … — — 3 1 — — 4
4 … … — — — — — — —
5 … … — — — — — — —
6 … … — — — — — — —
2 and 4 … … — — — — — — —
3 and others … … — — 6 4 — — 10
All Totals … … — 4 45 22 1 5 77
All Women
Under Not All
Grounds 16 16–19 20–34 35–44 45 + Slated Ages
1 … … 8 105 634 326 12 29 1,114
2 … … 475 2,857 9,647 2,424 96 417 15,916
3 … … 5 24 569 227 5 31 861
4 … … 6 110 655 97 8 12 888
5 … … — 2 6 4 — — 12
6 … … 2 2 16 8 1 1 30
2 and 4 … … 12 55 247 68 6 9 397
3 and others … … 9 55 1,918 958 22 76 3,038
All Totals … … 517 3,210 13,692 4,112 150 575 22,256

Grounds:

1. Risk to life of woman.

2. Risk of injury to physical or mental health of woman.

3. Risk of injury to physical or mental health of existing child(ren).

4. Substantial risk of child being born abnormal.

5. Emergency, to save life of woman.

6. Emergency, to prevent grave permanent injury to woman.

(b) by Hospital Region and place of termination of pregnancy
Premises Newcastle Leeds Sheffield East Anglia N.W. Met. N.E. Met. S.E. Met. S.W. Met. Wessex Oxford South Western Welsh Birmingham Manchester Liverpool Teaching Hospitals London Totats
N.H.S.
Hospitals 1,259 563 634 608 1,338 924 1,020 779 392 544 670 829 857 1,244 327 1,621 13,609
Approved
Places 13 19 26 78 8,091 3 221 16 — 4 68 — 42 20 — — 8,601
Other
Places — — — 13 — — 2 1 14 14 — — 2 — — — 46
Totals 1,272 582 660 699 9,429 927 1,243 796 406 562 738 829 901 1,264 327 1,621 22,256