HC Deb 20 July 1981 vol 9 cc33-4W
Mr. Terry Davis

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people received family planning advice through National Health Service family planning clinics and through general practitioners who offer a contraceptive service, respectively, in the years 1978, 1979 and 1980.

Sir George Young

The number of people in England who received family planning advice were:

1978 1979 1980
Through NHS family planning clinics 1,521,400 1,494,000 1,486,000

1978 1979 1980
Through general practitioners who offer a contraceptive service 2,118,313 1,991,173 2,033,810