HC Deb 26 October 1987 vol 121 cc110-1W
Ms. Harman

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the breakdown of numbers of individuals receiving contraceptive advice and treatment (a,) by contraceptive method, and (b) by source of treatment clinic or general practitioner in Scotland for each of the last five years.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The information is as follows:

Mr. Michael Forsyth

This information is not centrally available. It is for individual health boards to determine the pattern of provision of these services and the extent to which designated facilities are provided.

Ms. Harman

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of family planning clinics and family planning clinic sessions in each health board in Scotland for each of the last five years.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The information is as follows:

Premises in which Family Planning Clinics are held
1982 1983 1984 1985 11986
SCOTLAND 182 181 183 184 185
Argyll and Clyde 15 15 15 15 17
Ayrshire and Arran 9 9 9 9 9
Borders 5 5 5 5 5
Dumfries and Galloway 13 13 13 13 13
Fife 14 14 14 14 15
Forth Valley 5 5 5 5 5
Grampian 13 13 12 12 12
Greater Glasgow 36 36 41 43 43
Highland 8 6 6 6 6
Lanarkshire 13 13 13 13 13
Lothian 28 30 28 27 26
Tayside 19 19 19 19 19
Islands2 4 3 3 3 2
1 Provisional: 1985 data are used for Greater Glasgow Health Board whose 1986 data are not available.
2 Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles Health Boards.

Ms. Harman

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (1) National Health Service family planning clinics and (2) general practitioner health centres are designated as training centres for family planning in Scotland.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

This information is not centrally available.