§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of patients awaiting(a) urgent and (b) non-urgent operations in (i) Leeds Eastern health authority and (ii) Leeds Western health authority on the latest available figures; and if he will give the figures for the previous six and 12 months, respectively.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information is given in the table.
Legal abortions: Regional Health Authority of Termination, Non-Residents, 1982 to 1986, England and Wales Regional health authority of termination Non-residents of England and Wales 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 England and Wales 34,469 34,782 33,605 30,772 24,667 England 34,469 34,782 33,604 30,771 24,667 Wales — — 1 1 — Northern 9 32 22 12 17 Yorkshire 306 288 348 356 414 Trent 6 11 18 23 26 East Anglian 15 12 9 3 — North West Thames1 17,311 6,679 7,404 6,829 7,324 North East Thames1 2,922 13,310 12,670 10,001 3,802 South East Thames1 10,654 10,641 9,484 9,887 9,494 South West Thames1 1,380 1,475 1,384 1,296 1,335 Wessex 56 38 39 33 46 Oxford 4 3 4 4 3 South Western 3 3 1 2 3 West Midlands 574 467 417 370 376 Mersey 1,209 1,728 1,694 1,607 1,464 Northern Western 20 95 110 348 363 1 Figures for the London Teaching Hospitals have been included with those of the Regional Health Authorities for the appropriate geographical area.
§ Mr. LeighTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many deaths of overseas women upon whom abortions have been performed in England and Wales have been drawn to his attention by the Governments of other member countries of the EEC in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. NewtonNone.
§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list for the latest year for which figures 287W are available, the number of abortions on (a) non-residents and (b) residents at 18 weeks and over together with the statutory grounds for abortion, place of residence for (a) and age.
§ Mr. Newton[holding answer 27 October 1987]: The information requested is in the tables.
Number of notifications of legal abortions for gestation weeks 18 and over by country of usual residence for non-residents of England and Wales, 1986 Country All ages British Isles 445 Scotland 123 Northern Ireland 72 Irish Republic 224 Channel Island 21 Isle of Man 5 Other European1 3,101 Austria 38 Belgium and Luxembourg 28 France, Monaco 1,716 German Federal Republic 63 Italy 338 Malta 4 Netherlands 26 Portugal 19 Spain 826 Switzerland 36 Rest of the World1 142 Algeria 47 Australia 2 Republic of South Africa 48 United States of America 15 Zimbabwe 5 1 Only countries where the number of terminations exceeds 24 (all gestation weeks) are included.
Number of notifications of legal abortions to resident and non-resident women of gestation weeks 18 and over by statutory grounds, 1986 Statutory grounds Residents Non-residents Total 4,588 3,688 1 (with any other) 15 1 2 (alone) 3,656 3,614
Number of notifications of abortions between 18 and 28 weeks gestation by statutory grounds England and Wales 1986 Statutory Grounds1 Gestation Weeks 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 All Grounds 2,611 1,553 1,389 753 876 880 185 11 14 3 1 1 (With other) 2 (Alone) 2,306 1,338 1,187 657 788 829 158 4 3 — — 3 (With or without 2) 144 79 43 27 30 16 3 — — — — 4 (Alone) 131 125 138 60 52 28 20 7 9 2 1 4 (With any other except 1) 26 8 18 6 4 5 3 — 2 1 — 5 or 6 — — — 2 — — — — — — — 1 Definitions of grounds 1. The continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk to the life of the pregnant woman greater than if the pregnancy were terminated.
2. The continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk or injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman greater than if the pregnancy were terminated.
3. The continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk or injury to the physical or mental health of any existing child(ren) in the family of the pregnant woman greater than if the pregnancy were terminated.
4. There is substantial risk that if the child were born it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped.
5. In an emergency to save the life of the pregnant woman.
6. In an emergency to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman.
288W
Statutory grounds Residents Non-residents 3 (with or without 2) 280 62 4 (alone) 570 3 4 (with any other except 1) 65 8 5 or 6 2 — Definitions of statutory ground.
1. The continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk to the life of the pregnant woman greater than if the pregnancy were terminated.
2. The continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk of injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman greater than if the pregnancy were terminated.
3. The continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk or injury to the physical or mental health of any existing child(ren) in the family of the pregnant woman greater than if the pregnancy were terminated.
4. There is substantial risk that if the child were born it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped.
5. In emergency to save the life of the pregnant woman.
6. In emergency to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman.
Number of notifications of legal abortions to resident and non-resident women of gestation weeks 18 and over by age-group, 1986 Residents Non-residents All ages 4,588 3,688 Under 15 61 52 15 178 102 16–19 1,481 991 20–24 1,467 1,275 25–29 680 590 30–34 338 338 35–39 256 213 40–44 110 105 45+ 17 22 Unknown — —
§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the numbers of abortions according to the grounds for termination in 1986 for 18 weeks and each week thereafter to 28 weeks.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information is shown in the table.