HC Deb 05 November 1987 vol 121 c869W
Dr. Godman

asked 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 Forsyth

Abortion 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.

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