§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is now able to publish in the Official Report information being collected which shows the comparative costs of day-care and inpatient provision for termination of pregnancy within the National Health Service since the introduction of the Abortion Act 1967.
§ Mr. Moyle:My Department is now considering the results of a study of comparative costs of abortion, and I will write to my hon. Friend shortly.
§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, if he will publish in the Official Report details showing the number of abortions carried out in Great Britain each year since the passing of the Abortion Act 1967.
§ Mr. Moyle:The numbers of abortions in Great Britain notified under the Abortion Act 1967 are as follows:
1968 (from 27th April) … 25,178 1969 … 58,363 1970 … 91,819 1971 … 133,109 1972 … 167,484 1973 … 174,647 1974 … 170,485 1975 … 147,002 1976 … 136,856 1977 (provisional) … 140,285