§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what information he has as to the proportion of people, receiving contraceptive help and advice from Camden and Islington family planning clinics, who are under 25 years and as to the corresponding figures for the Tottenham Court road Brook advisory centre and the community clinics run by Bloomsbury health authority.
§ Mr. NewtonThe available information is not precisely in the form requested. Figures are not collected centrally for under-25s, only for under-20s and those aged 20 to 34. Some family planning clinics in Camden come within Bloomsbury and some within Hampstead district health authority. The available information is given in the table:
Family Planning Clinic Services 1986 Community and Hospital Clinics—Patients seen: Numbers District Health Authority Under 20 years 20 to 34 years Islington 1,210 8,143 Hampstead 202 3,150 Bloomsbury of which 3,865 28,866 Tottenham Court Road Brook Centre 3,369 16,608 1 Relates to persons aged 20 to 35 years.