§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will give a breakdown by number of previous children of those women resident in Scotland upon whom abortions were performed in each of the following years: 1969, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983;
(2) if he will give a breakdown by marital status of the women of the total number of abortions performed in each of the following years on resident women in Scotland in 1969, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983;
(3) if he will give a breakdown of the number of abortions performed in Scotland on resident women by the statutory grounds for which those abortions were performed in each of the following years: 1969, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983; and what was the total number of abortions performed on such women in each of those years.
§ Mr. John MacKayInformation about abortions performed in Scotland showing parity, marital state and statutory grounds for abortion is given in section 5 of "Scottish Health Statistics," published annually and available in the Library.
The 1974 edition also includes data on marital state and statutory grounds for the years 1969 and 1970 but gives parity for 1974 only. Parity* figures for the earlier years requested are as follows:
Parity* figures Number of previous children 1969 1970 None 1,200 1,870 1 360 476 2 530 806 3 599 857 4 396 616 5 and over 447 624 * The number of preceding completed pregancies.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give a breakdown of the total 347W number of abortions performed on women resident in Scotland by the following gestational ages of the foetus: under nine weeks, nine weeks, 10 weeks, 11 weeks, 12 weeks, 13 weeks, 14 weeks, 15 to 19 weeks, 20 to 23 weeks and over 24 weeks in each of the following years: 1969, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983.
§ Mr. John McKayData are not available in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The nearest available information to that requested is for periods of gestation under 10 weeks, 10 to 13 weeks, 14 to 17 weeks, 18 to 19 weeks, 20 to 24 weeks and 25 weeks and over; details for 1975 and the later years requested are given in table 5.3 of "Scottish Health Statistics" 1982 and 1983, copies of which are in the Library. The figures for 1969 are:
Period of gestation (weeks) Number Under 10 948 10 to 13 1,454 14 to 17 789 18 to 19 168 20 to 24 97 25 and over 7 Not stated 93