§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list for the years 1982 to 1985 the estimated percentages of women delivering in (a) England and (b) England and Wales (i) whose labours were induced, (ii) whose labours were of spontaneous onset and (iii) who had elective caesarean sections.
§ Mrs. Currie[pursuant to her reply, 9 December 1986, c. 126]: The information is shown in the table. Data for 1985 are not yet available.