HC Deb 17 February 1988 vol 127 cc656-7W
Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has concerning the total number of D and C operations performed in Scotland in each of the last 25 years for which figures are available.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

[pursuant to his reply, 2 February 1988, c. 575]: The number of D and C operations performed in NHS hospitals in Scotland from 1961 to 1985 (the latest year for which information is held centrally) is given in the following table:

Year Number of operations
1961 18,167
1962 19,218
1963 18,524
1964 19,464
1965 18,918
1966 20,271
1967 20,255
1968 20,210
11969 19,000
11970 19,300
1971 19,538
1972 15,380
1973 13,824
1974 13,836
1975 13,016
1976 13,540
1977 11,916
1978 11,757
1979 10,889
1980 15,281
1981 12,931
1982 10,841
1983 13,031
1984 12,828
1985 13,210
1 Estimated figures.