§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many non-British citizens have received abortion operations in National Health Service hospitals since the passing of the Abortion Law Reform Act; and how many such operations have been performed on British citizens.
§ Mr. MillanIn the period from 27th April, 1968, the date on which the Act came into operation, to 31st December, 1968, 1,445 abortion operations were per-292W formed in National Health Service hospitals in Scotland. The information required under the Abortion (Scotland) Regulations 1968 does not include the nationality of the woman, but for operations performed in National Health Service hospitals in every case the usual place of residence shown on the notification form was in the United Kingdom and in all but five was in Scotland.