§ Mr. Nicholas Bennettasked 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. NewtonI regret that the information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Ms. Richardsonasked 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. NewtonThe information is given in the table.
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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
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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
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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