HC Deb 08 February 1988 vol 127 c111W
Mr. Amos

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make it his policy to(a) gather and (b) publish the names of individual doctors concerned in abortions after 18 weeks' gestation carried out in the private sector; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Newton

Information about doctors carrying out abortions in all private sector places approved under the Abortion Act is provided to the Department on a confidential basis.

Mr. Alton

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the figure for the number of abortion notifications mentioning rape in cases where abortions were performed at or after 18 weeks' gestation in the latest period for which figures were collected.

Mr. Newton

Statistics on the number of abortion notification forms which mention rape may be provided reliably only for the period from 1 January 1987. The provisional number of abortion notification forms with any mention of rape, for gestation at 18 completed weeks and over for the period 1 January to 31 October 1987 inclusive is one.

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