§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many abortions were performed on residents and non-residents at up to 12 weeks gestation, 13 to 20 weeks gestation, 20 to 23 weeks gestation and 24 weeks and over for each year since 1968; on what grounds these were performed; what ages the women were; and how many were performed in the National Health Service and how many were performed in other approved places, respectively.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI shall let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the number of abortions performed in England and Wales to resident girls aged 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 years (a) with parental consent and (b) without parental consent for each of the years from 1968 to 1984.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeWe do not collect information about parental consent in each case. The available figures are shown in the table.
Numbers of Legal Abortions: Girls aged 11 to 16, 1968–83 England and Wales Residents Age Years 11 12 13 14 15 16 *1968 3 6 21 150 363 559 1969 2 7 38 279 848 1,445 1970 3 20 85 391 1,233 2,530 1971 3 16 77 529 1,671 3,465 1972 — 7 98 586 2,113 4,318 1973 4 14 108 693 2,270 5,082 1974 1 9 117 718 2,490 5,348 1975 — 12 120 747 2,691 5,411 1976 6 14 122 738 2,545 5,429 1977 1 13 105 804 2,701 5,510 1978 3 20 113 708 2,454 5,675 1979 9 18 116 698 2,693 6,030 1980 5 17 141 770 2,717 6,370 1981 7 13 98 710 2,701 6,190 1982 — 15 138 778 2,921 6,334 1983 — 9 127 893 3,058 6,468 * 27 April to 31 December.