§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will supply actual figures for 1977 and provisional figures for 1978 in relation to deaths from abortions in the private sector and the National Health Service and the factors that caused these deaths.
§ Mr. MoyleThe number of deaths reported with abortion notifications in England and Wales were as follows:
Deaths following abortion In National Health Service Not in National Health Service 1977 8 - 1978 (provisional) 5 - Of these, two deaths in 1977 and two in 1978 were attributed to associated conditions and not to abortion as the underlying cause. Information about the factors which caused the remaining deaths is not yet available.