HC Deb 24 May 1982 vol 24 cc242-3W
Mr. McKelvey

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the numbers of terminations, still births and perinatal deaths in the Ayrshire and Arran health district for the years 1980 and 1981.

Mr. John MacKay

The information is given in the following table.

Ayrshire and Arran Health Board Area
1980 1981*
Terminations 586 595
Still Births 53 22
Perinatal Deaths 96 59
* provisional.

Mr. McKelvey

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of live births to women who were unmarried in the Ayrshire and Arran health district for the years 1980 and 1981.

Mr. John MacKay

The information is not readily available in precisely the form requested. There were 547 illegitimate live births in the Ayrshire and Arran health board area in 1980. The corresponding figure for 1981, which is provisional, is 600.