§ Mr. Terry Davisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many female sterilisations were done 39W in National Health Service hospitals at the time of delivery, at the time of abortion and at other times during each of the last five years.
§ Sir George YoungThere is no information on sterilisations performed on a day-patient basis and separate figures for England are not available. The latest information on numbers of female sterilisations performed in NHS hospitals in England and Wales on an in-patient basis is as follows:
Associated with delivery† Associated with abortion‡ At other times† 1974 19,200 10,250 29,780 1975 17,480 8,515 23,680 1976 16,380 8,145 35,120 1977 14,110 7,889 42,250 1978 13,940 7,971 53,310 1979 * 7,972 * * Not available. † Estimated. ‡ Residents only.