§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the information that is available to him, by health authority in Wales, of the number of babies delivered at home in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe numbers of births in the years 1980 to 1984 which were registered as having occurred at the mother's usual place of residence are given in the table:
Births at home District Health Authority of mother's usual residence 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Clwyd 33 36 38 29 29 East Dyfed 51 56 42 44 40 Pembrokeshire 11 14 13 8 11 Gwent 46 44 50 36 37 Gwynedd 16 17 23 30 40 Mid Glamorgan 129 98 126 88 91 Powys 17 10 23 13 21 South Glamorgan 29 29 33 30 40 West Glamorgan 50 45 39 26 48 Wales 382 349 387 304 357
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report for each of 396W the last five years, for each health authority in Wales, the percentage of all babies born who had a low birthweight, under 2,501 grams.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe information is given in the table:
Percentage of live and still births with birthweight under 2,501 grams 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Clwyd 6.3 6.7 6.2 6.8 5.6 East Dyfed 5.7 6.3 6.0 6.2 5.6 Gwent 7.1 6.8 6.2 7.6 7.1 Gwynedd 5.8 6.5 5.9 6.0 5.8 Mid Glamorgan 7.1 6.9 7.6 7.2 7.1 Pembrokeshire * * 6.7 7.4 6.9 Powys 4.5 5.8 5.8 5.7 7.9 South Glamorgan 7.0 7.5 7.9 7.2 8.0 West Glamorgan 6.0 7.1 7.1 7.0 5.8 * Figures are included with East Dyfed.