HC Deb 11 March 1986 vol 93 cc395-6W
Mr. Gareth Wardell

asked 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 Robinson

The 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 Wardell

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report for each of 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 Robinson

The 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.