§ Mrs. Winifred Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish statistics of the incidence of induced labour births in Scotland for the last five years to the latest available date.
§ Mr. William RossInformation about induced births is available only for about 80 per cent, of National Health Service hospital births as recorded in returns submitted by certain hospitals. The figures for these hospitals are as follows:
Year Recorded Births Number of Induced Births Related Rate per 1,000 Births 1970 … 62,299 22,929 368 1971 … 66,420 27,039 407 1972 … 62,530 26,739 428 1973 … 60,622 28,697 473 1974 … 57,597 29,357 508