HC Deb 23 February 1987 vol 111 cc113-8W

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Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will give a breakdown of total abortions in the last five years for which figures are available of abortions upon (a) resident and (b) nonresident women in England and Wales, stating how many of those abortions on such women were performed at nought to 19 weeks gestation, 20 weeks, 21 weeks, 22 weeks, 23 weeks, 24 weeks, 25 weeks, 26 weeks, 27 weeks, 28 weeks, or more, stating in each case (i) the age of the mother, (ii) the marital status of the mother, (iii) the category of premises, (iv) the number of children previously liveborn to the mother, (v) the abortion technique used and (vi) whether the abortion was an NHS abortion carried out in a non-NHS centre under agency arrangements;

(2) if he will give a breakdown of the different grounds for which abortions were peformed in England and Wales in each of the last five years for which figures are available on (a) resident and (b) non-resident women, stating how many of those abortions on such women were performed at nought to 19 weeks gestation, 20 weeks, 21 weeks, 22 weeks, 23 weeks, 24 weeks, 25 weeks, 26 weeks, 27 weeks and 28 weeks or more, stating in each case (i) the age of the mother, (ii) the marital status of the mother, (iii) the category of premises, (iv) the number of children previously liveborn to the mother, (v) the abortion technique used and (vi) whether the abortion was a National Health Service abortion carried out in a non- National Health Service centre under agency arrangements.

Mr. Newton

[pursuant to his reply, 9 February 1987, c. 1531: The exact information requested by my hon. Friend would require tables showing about 34 million separate figures on some 80,000 pages. Copies of five tables giving the information in a more condensed form have been placed in the Library. Figures for 1986 relate to notifications for the March, June and September quarters received up to the end of November 1986.

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