HC Deb 24 October 1983 vol 47 cc48-9W
Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many family planning clinics there were in England in each year since 1977; how many general practitioners there were holding Family Planning Association or joint committee on contraception certificates; and how many people received family planning advice from (a) family planning clinics and (b) general practitioners offering the relevant service, for each year since 1978.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The Department does not have information on the number of Family Planning Association and Joint Committee on Contraception certificates held by general practitioners. The other information requested is as follows:

Number of family planning clinics in each year since 1977
Number
1977 1,745
1978 1,735
1979 1,743
1980 1,753
1981 1,744
1982 1,739

Number of people who received family planning advice from family planning clinics in each year since 1978
Thousands
1978 1521.4
1979 1494.0
1980 1492.7
1981 1473.0
1982 1460.7

Number of patients for whom general practitioners were receiving payment for providing family planning advice at 1 October in each year since 1978
Thousands
1978 1,959.0
1979 1,921.8
1980 2,023.9
1981 2,091.5
1982 2,190.6