§ Mr. Thurnhamasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the numbers of National Health Service abortions performed in Scotland on women resident in each health board area in Scotland in 1984 and 1985.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe number of abortions performed in National Health Service hospitals in 1984 and 1985 on women resident in each health board area is set out in the table. The figures for the island health boards have been grouped together because of the small number of terminations performed.
Health Board 1984 1985 Argyll and Clyde 545 484 Ayrshire and Arran 638 601 Borders 135 135 Dumfries and Galloway 252 233 Fife 696 721 Forth Valley 414 439 Grampian 1,098 1,038 Greater Glasgow 1,469 1,491 Highland 406 401 Lanarkshire 663 642 Lothian 1,628 1,699 Islands1 81 71 Tayside 898 933 Total 8,923 8,888 1 Orkney, Shetland, Western Isles health boards.