§ Mr. Anthony Grantasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report statistics relating to the abortions performed on persons aged (a) between 16 and 18 years and (b) under 16 years in each of the years 1970 to 1976 or the nearest available date.
§ Mr. MoyleThe numbers of abortions performed on residents of England and Wales are as follows:
Women aged 16–19 16–18* Under 16 Operations performed in the year 1970 13,518 9,582 1,732 1971 18,176 13,084 2,296 1972 21,786 15,751 2,804 1973 23,480 17,231 3,090 1974 24,197 18,137 3,335 Operations notified in the year 1975 24,169 n.a. 3,570 1976 (3 quarters) 17,833 n.a. 2,560 * Numbers included in previous column. n.a. = Not available.