HC Deb 22 July 1975 vol 896 cc199-200W
Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish details of the number of family planning clinics in each area health authority in Wales and if he will express the figures for each area per 1,000 female population aged 14 to 44 years.

Mr. John Morris

The following table sets out the numbers of family planning clinic sessions held in each health authority area in Wales, excluding South Glamorgan, in the period from the com- mencement of the NHS Family Planning Service on 1st April 1974 to 31st December 1974.

Figures for the South Glamorgan Health Authority area are not yet available.

AHA Number of sessions of all types held Sessions per 1,000 female population 15–44
Clwyd … 694 10.3
Dyfed … 483 8.2
Gwent … 1,116* 13.1
Gwynedd … 665 17.1
Powys … 117 6.6
Mid-Glamorgan … 1,347 13.0
South Glamorgan … Figures not available
West Glamorgan … 656 9.4
* Excluding Family Planning Association sessions, figures for which are not available.