§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report for each year since 1974, the number of abortions performed on girls in (a) west Glamorgan and (b) Wales, in the age groups (i) under 12, (ii) 12 to 14 and (iii) 14 to 16 years.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsStatistics of abortions performed in the age groups requested are not available for individual health districts for reasons of personal privacy as the numbers are often very small.
The numbers of abortions performed in England and Wales on residents of west Glamorgan and residents of Wales aged under 16 from 1974 to 1982—the latest date for which such information is available—are as follows:
West Glamorgan Wales 1974 25 132 1975 25 149
million litres Clwyd Dyfed *Glamorgan (Mid, South and West) Gwent Gwynedd Powys Calendar years: 1980 287.3 834.3 83.3 135.1 92.2 137.4 1981 292.2 836.5 81.5 133.3 92.2 134.0 1982 310.3 904.7 86.3 139.4 98.7 136.7 1983 quarters†: January to March 75.4 226.0 22.3 37.7 25.0 34.4 April to June 93.3 298.0 27.6 42.2 31.7 41.2 July to September 80.3 242.4 20.6 31.8 24.1 33.4 October to December 70.7 207.1 19.5 34.8 21.4 30.7 1984 quarters†: January to March 74.9 232.6 22.0 37.9 25.3 35.4 April to June 89.0 281.5 25.7 40.2 29.5 38.9 * A breakdown of the figures for Glamorgan is not available. † Provisional. Since there is no separate identifiable quota for Wales alone, it is not possible to relate the effects of the EC quota provisions to milk production levels in Welsh counties over the next two years. Actual levels will depend on the various steps taken by producers to adapt their production systems to take account of the new measures.