HC Deb 24 July 1987 vol 120 cc692-6W
Mr. Nicholas Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of abortions carried out in the United Kingdom in each year since 1967 (a) in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy and (b) in each week from the 12th to 28th week.

Mr. Newton

I regret that the information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Ms. Richardson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the numbers of non-National Health Service abortions performed under agency arrangements on National Health Service patients resident in each regional health authority and in each district health authority in England and Wales in 1986 and the estimated numbers of women aged 15 to 44 years resident in each regional health authority and district health authority in England and Wales in mid 1986.

Mr. Newton

The information is given in the table.

Number of notifications of abortions carried out under the Abortion Act 1967 in non-NHS premises to NHS patients under agency arrangements by Regional Health Authority (RHA) and District Health Authority (DHA) of usual residence, and estimated resident population of women aged 15–44 years
England and Wales 1986
Area of usual residence Agency abortions Estimated female population aged 15–44 years
Northern RHA 2 661,091
Hartlepool DHA 19,568
North Tees DHA 39,972
South Tees DHA 1 64,150
East Cumbria DHA 1 37,619
South Cumbria DHA 36,005
West Cumbria DHA 28,981
Darlington DHA 26,264
Durham DHA 51,947
North West Durham DHA 17,848
South West Durham DHA 32,695
Northumberland DHA 63,430
Gateshead DHA 43,440
Newcastle 61,357
North Tyneside DHA 39,778
South Tyneside DHA 31,955
Sunderland DHA 66,082
Yorkshire RHA 410 777,219
Hull DHA 66,105
East Yorkshire DHA 39,526
Grimsby DHA 34,174
Scunthorpe DHA 42,112
Northallerton DHA 24,526
York DHA 1 58,090
Scarborough DHA 28,400
Harrogate DHA 29,209
Bradford DHA 72,433
Airedale DHA 35,901
Calderdale DHA 40,972
Huddersfield DHA 250 45,876
Dewsbury DHA 157 35,896
Leeds Western DHA 78,492
Leeds Eastern DHA 1 76,549
Wakefield DHA 1 32,384
Pontefract DHA 36,574
Trent RHA 157 1,008,165
North Derbyshire DHA 76,231
Southern Derbyshire DHA 113,082
Leicestershire DHA 71 194,110
North Lincolnshire DHA 58,032
South Lincolnshire DHA 63,217
Bassetlaw DHA 7 22,799
Central Nottinghamshire DHA 61,592
Nottingham DHA 137,061
Barnsley DHA 5 47,543
Doncaster DHA 69 62,901
Rotherham DHA 5 55,081
Sheffield DHA 116,516
East Anglian RHA 2 429,333
Cambridge DHA 61,545
Peterborough DHA 45,768
West Suffolk DHA 2 50,454
East Suffolk DHA 66,742
Norwich DHA 96,712
Great Yarmouth and Waveney DHA 39,089
West Norfolk and Wisbech DHA 37,668
Huntingdon DHA 31,355
North West Thames RHA 929 803,853
North Bedfordshire DHA 56,168

Area of usual residence Agency abortions Estimated female population aged 15–44 years
South Bedfordshire DHA 2 63,209
North Hertfordshire DHA 41,313
East Hertfordshire DHA 2 65,189
North West Hertfordshire DHA 2 56,977
South West Hertfordshire DHA 2 52,649
Barnet DHA 2 69,956
Harrow DHA 32 44,638
Hillingdon DHA 51,148
Hounslow and Spelthorne DHA 2 62,404
Ealing DHA 6 70,009
Brent DHA 870 61,338
Paddington and North Kensington DHA 5 31,821
Riverside DHA 4 77,038
North East Thames RHA 26 845,423
Basildon and Thurrock DHA 63,765
Mid Essex DHA 66,375
North East Essex DHA 61,233
West Essex DHA 54,411
Southend DHA 67,491
Barking Havering and Brentwood DHA 96,257
Hampstead DHA 8 28,953
Bloomsbury DHA 5 34,564
Islington DHA 3 41,418
City and Hackney DHA 45,923
Newham DHA 47,140
Tower Hamlets DHA 33,959
Enfield DHA 3 58,493
Haringey DHA 5 47,060
Redbridge DHA 49,303
Waltham Forest DHA 2 49,078
South East Thames RHA 135 781,282
Brighton DHA 9 61,591
Eastbourne DHA 3 43,753
Hastings DHA 2 30,158
South East Kent DHA 54,636
Canterbury and Thanet DHA 1 59,429
Dartford and Gravesham DHA 2 48,889
Maidstone DHA 43,722
Medway DHA 2 74,255
Tunbridge Wells DHA 1 41,545
Bexley DHA 49,162
Greenwich DHA 2 49,299
Bromley DHA 62,702
West Lambeth DHA 102 39,800
Camberwell DHA 8 50,713
Lewisham and North Southwark DHA 3 71,628
South West Thames RHA 41 641,945
North West Surrey DHA 44,699
West Surrey and North East Hampshire DHA 2 64,894
South West Surrey DHA 2 39,318
Mid Surrey DHA 1 34,201
East Surrey DHA 2 39,356
Chichester DHA 2 34,356
Mid Downs DHA 10 60,552
Worthing DHA 7 43,621
Croydon DHA 5 72,516
Kingston and Esher DHA 38,135
Richmond Twickenham and Roehampton DHA 1 51,740
Wandsworth DHA 7 45,844
Merton and Sutton DHA 2 72,713

Area of usual residence Agency abortions Estimated female population aged 15–44 years
Wessex RHA 546 612,601
East Dorset DHA 155 36,276
West Dorset DHA 25 39,737
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire DHA 50 114,653
Southampton and South West Hampshire DHA 27 88,326
Winchester DHA 45 45,373
Basingstoke and North Hampshire DHA 58 50,047
Salisbury DHA 29 25,819
Swindon DHA 40 53,116
Bath DHA 101 85,659
Isle of Wight DHA 16 23,595
Oxford RHA 15 571,934
East Berkshire DHA 1 91,487
West Berkshire DHA 1 103,418
Aylesbury Vale DHA 33,562
Wycombe DHA 2 59,893
Milton Keynes DHA 1 41,253
Kettering DHA 3 55,994
Northampton DHA 5 68,933
Oxfordshire DHA 2 127,394
South Western RHA 16 669,135
Bristol and Weston DHA 3 30,777
Frenchay DHA 1 49,057
Southmead DHA 51,117
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly DHA 91,137
Exeter DHA 3 60,434
North Devon DHA 26,575
Plymouth DHA 70,959
Torbay DHA 2 45,106
Cheltenham and District DHA 1 45,328
Gloucester DHA 2 66,859
Somerset DHA 4 81,786
West Midlands RHA 4,529 1,122,743
Bromsgrove and Redditch DHA 12 37,772
Herefordshire DHA 2 31,712
Kidderminster and District DHA 22,176
Worcester and District DHA 4 50,989
Shorpshire DHA 6 85,573
Mid Staffordshire DHA 11 70,295
North Staffordshire DHA 97,268
South East Staffordshire DHA 3 58,295
Rugby DHA 190 17,741
North Warwickshire DHA 334 38,998
South Warwickshire DHA 425 49,494
Central Birmingham DHA 267 38,941
East Birmingham DHA 301 40,463
North Birmingham DHA 184 35,648
South Birmingham DHA 350 54,193
West Birmingham DHA 486 45,712
Coventry DHA 654 66,835
Dudley DHA 381 64,892
Sandwell DHA 480 68,386
Solihull DHA 139 44,705
Walsall DHA 9 55,871
Wolverhampton DHA 291 52,784
Mersey RHA 524,441
Chester DHA 39,168
Crewe DHA 53,891
Halton DHA 32,025
Macclesfield DHA 39,306
Warrington DHA 41,033
Liverpool DHA 103,305

Area of usual residence Agency abortions Estimated female population aged 15–44 years
St. Helens and Knowsley DHA 78,421
Southport and Formby DHA 23,888
South Sefton DHA 38,800
Wirral DHA 74,643
North Western RHA 3 857,737
Lancaster DHA 26,300
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde DHA 61,506
Preston DHA 26,052
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley DHA 56,697
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale DHA 47,294
West Lancashire DHA 24,644
Chorley and South Ribble DHA 43,621
Bolton DHA 56,924
Bury DHA 37,455
North Manchester DHA 31,069
Central Manchester DHA 28,838
South Manchester DHA 1 40,804
Oldham DHA 47,821
Rochdale DHA 2 46,747
Salford DHA 50,008
Stockport DHA 63,429
Tameside and Glossop DHA 53,288
Trafford DHA 47,161
Wigan DHA 68,075
Wales 8 596,188
Clwyd DHA 1 84,265
East Dyfed DHA 46,093
Pembrokeshire DHA 23,651
Gwent DHA 3 94,724
Gwynedd DHA 47,179
Mid Glamorgan DHA 2 114,828
Powys DHA 22,179
South Glamorgan DHA 1 87,413
West Glamorgan DHA 1 75,856