HC Deb 25 July 1969 vol 787 cc574-5W
Captain Kerby

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will list the clinics in the private sector, showing the total number of terminations carried out under the Abortion Act, 1967, in each one, and the number of death registrations in respect of each clinic, as the case may be;

(2) if he will list, under National Health Service hospitals, the total number of death registrations for all forms of termination under the Abortion Act, 1967, until the latest convenient date indicating the total number of terminations done during this period in those hospitals where deaths have occurred.

Mr. Crossman

Up to 31st March, 1969, 19,964 terminations and 5 deaths were notified in National Health Service hospitals, and 13,560 terminations and 2 deaths in approved places. I am sending the hon. and gallant Member the full lists requested.