§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give a breakdown of country 149W of origin of those women who have visited the United Kingdom to have abortions in each of the years since the Abortion Act 1967 came into force for women who were (a) under 16 years of age, (b) 16 to 18 years of age, (c) 18 to 21 years of age and (d) over 21 years of age at the time of their abortion.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe data requested are not routinely analysed by the precise age groups specified and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. However, detailed figures for non-residents of England and Wales by country of residence at ages under 16, 16 to 19, 20 to 24 and 25 and over are published annually in the OPCS annual reference volumes (AB) and are available in the House of Commons Library. Legal abortion is not carried out in Northern Ireland. In Scotland the numbers of legal abortions to non-residents of the United Kingdom in the years for which figures are available are as follows:
Number 1970 3 1971 4 1972 3 1973 4 1974 1 1975 4 1976 3 1977 3 1978 5 1979 7 1980 8 1981 6 1982 3