§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many resident girls aged 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 years have died as a result of abortions in each year since 1968.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe following numbers of deaths resulting form abortions — all forms including spontaneous abortions—among girls aged 16 and under resident in England and Wales were registered in the years indicated:
- 1968 one 15 year old
- 1970 two 13 year olds
- 1971 one 12 year old
136 - 1972 two 15 year olds
- 1978 one 15 year old
- 1979 one 16 year old
- 1981 one 16 year old
No such deaths were registered in the remaining years.