§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many abortions were notified as being carried out in the National Health Service and in the non-National Health Service sector in each region in the years 1975 to 1979.
§ Mr. FairgrieveThe available figures are given in the table below.
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1975 1976 1977 1978† 1979‡ (up to 31 October 1979) Health Board Area NHS Non-NHS* NHS Non-NHS NHS Non-NHS NHS Non-NHS NHS Non-NHS Argyll and Clyde … … 555 — 492 — 504 — 517 — — — Ayrshire and Arran … … 331 — 294 — 360 — 362 — — — Borders … … — — — — — — — — — — Dumfries and Galloway … 123 25 128 30 143 14 146 25 — — Fife … … 508 — 492 — 489 — 501 — — — Forth Valley … … 259 2 265 9 266 7 279 7 — — Grampian … … 1,088 12 1,028 8 983 21 1,019 20 — — Greater Glasgow … … 1,220 83 1,290 110 1,317 127 1139 130 — — Highland … … 334 — 389 — 387 — 355 — — — Islands … … 22 — 18 — 14 — 21 — — — Lanarkshire … … 339 — 327 — 309 — 406 — — — Lothian … … 1,511 30 1,477 19 1,527 24 1,643 12 — — Tayside … … 858 — 841 2 840 2 837 3 — — Scotland … … 7,148 152 7,041 178 7,139 195 7,225 197 5,529 145 * Abortions performed in places approved in terms of section 1(3) of the Abortion Act 1967. † Figures for 1978 are provisional. ‡ Figures for cases within this period are not readily available by area.
§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many abortions were carried out in England during the years 1975 to 1979 on women normally resident in each of the Scottish regions.
Year 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 (up to 30.6.79) No. of abortions performed in England on women resident in Scotland 1,054 949 840 976 507 Figures for 1978 and the first six months of 1979 are provisional. Source:
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