§ Mr. Kennedyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the level of funding being made available to the General Practice Finance Corporation for the forthcoming financial year; and if he will express in percentage terms the level of increase or decrease which that figure represents when compared to the current budget.
Total numbers of notifications of legal abortions, those with gestation period of 20 weeks and over, and percentages. Residents and non-Residents—England and Wales—1984 and 1985 1985 1984 Residents Non-residents Residents Non-residents (a) Total 141,101 30,772 136,388 33,605 (b Gestation period 20 weeks and over 2,116 2,316 2,032 2,302 Percentage (b) of (a) 1.5 7.5 1.5 6.9
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Number of notifications of abortions carried out under the Abortion Act 1967 at gestation period 20 weeks and over by statutory grounds, category of premises and age of women residents England and Wales 1984 Category of premises and statutory grounds Age group All ages Under 15 15 16–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45 and over Unknown (a) National Health Service All grounds 515 13 17 79 123 114 52 83 32 1 1 1 (with any other) 9 — — 3 1 — 3 2 — — — 2 (alone) 154 13 16 54 34 12 13 7 4 1 — 3 (with or without 2) 17 — — 1 4 2 3 4 3 — — 4 (alone) 306 — — 18 77 92 30 68 20 — 1 4 (with any other except 1, excluding 4 alone) 23 — 1 2 6 5 2 2 5 — — 5 3 — — — — 2 1 — — — — 6 3 — — 1 1 1 — — — — — (b) non-National Health Service total All grounds 1,517 42 85 631 464 147 70 52 31 4 1 1 (with any other) 1 — — 1 — — — — — — — 2 (alone) 1,425 41 84 620 424 131 55 42 24 3 1 3 (with or without 2) 87 1 1 9 29 16 14 9 7 1 — 4 (alone) 3 — — — 1 — 1 1 — — — 4 (with any other except 1, excluding 4 alone) 1 — — 1 — — — — — — — 5 — — — — — — — — — — — 6 — — — — — — — — — — — non-National Health Service Agency (included in (b) above) All grounds 51 3 4 20 17 2 1 2 1 1 —
§ Mr. NewtonIn the public expenditure White Paper published on 14 January, the cash limited provision for the General Practice Finance Corporation for the year 1987–88 amounted to £12 million. This figure is about 44 per cent. of the cash-limited provision made in 1986–87. The reasons for this change are set out in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton South-West (Mr. Budgen) on 14 January at column206.
§ Mr. Kennedyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what plans he has to allow the General Practice Finance Corporation to increase its borrowing limit.
§ Mr. NewtonWe are currently considering the General Practice Finance Corporation's application to increase its statutory borrowing limit.