§ Ms. Harmanasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give the breakdown of numbers of individuals receiving contraceptive advice and treatment (1) by contraceptive method and (2) by source of treatment clinic or general practitioner in Northern Ireland for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe information is not available in precisely the form requested. The information available is given in the table.
Table A Health1 and Social Services Boards General Practitioners1 Total Year Oral Contraceptives Intrauterine Devices Total 1982 260,064 35,379 1,429 36,808 96,872 1983 364,542 39,635 1,558 41,193 105,735 1984 74,660 39,139 1,950 41,089 115,749 1985 75,483 40,424 2,010 42,434 117,917 1986 73,836 43,988 1,873 45,861 119,697 1 Numbers of individuals for which contraceptives prescribed. 2 Numbers of individuals attending for advice and treatment. 3 Figures for Western health and social services board not available.