§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each health board area the number of abortions undertaken in each year since 1968.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythAbortion statistics are published annually in "Scottish Health Statistics". Data from 1968 to 1973 are available only by hospital region and from 1974 to 1985 by health board area. Provisional figures for 1986 are set out in the table:
Abortions by health board of treatment Health board Number of abortions Argyll and Clyde 552 Ayrshire and Arran 521 Borders — Dumfries and Galloway 246 Fife 557 Forth Valley 418 Grampian 1,224 Greater Glasgow 1,972 Highland 439 Lanarkshire 496 Lothian 2,022 Tayside 1,080 Islands1 22 All Areas 9,549 1 Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles Health Boards.