HC Deb 01 July 1986 vol 100 c496W
42. Mr. Amess

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many abortions have been carried out under the National Health Service and privately in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.

Mr. Hayhoe

The numbers of notifications of legal abortions carried out in National Health Service (NHS) premises and non-NHS premises under the Abortion Act 1967 in the United Kingdom for 1981–85 are shown in the table. The Abortion Act does not apply in Northern Ireland.

Mr. Newton

I refer my hon. Friend and the hon. Member to my right hon. Friend's reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Northampton, North (Mr. Marlow) and the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood (Ms. Short) earlier today.