§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of abortions performed in 1987 at(a) under 12, (b) 12 to 18, (c) 18 to 24 and (d) over 24 weeks' gestation by health authority area in England and Wales; and if he will give the numbers performed by National Health Service and private facilities by the same time limit categories.
§ Mrs. Currie[pursuant to the reply, 1 July 1988, c. 395–96]: I regret that there were errors in the statistics provided.
The correct information is shown in the following table.
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Number of notifications of abortions to residents of England and Wales—19872 Regional Health Authority of usual residence by gestation weeks and category of premises Gestation weeks Total1 Under 12 12–17 18–26 25 and over Area of usual residence NHS Non-NHS NHS Non-NHS NHS Non-NHS NHS Non-NHS NHS Non-NHS England and Wales 69,442 86,749 51,969 69,614 16,239 13,098 1,212 4,024 22 2 England 65,354 84,032 49,207 67,523 14,994 12,628 1,132 3,868 21 2 Wales 4,088 2,717 2,762 2,091 1,245 470 80 156 1 0 Regional Health Authority Northern 5,486 954 4,424 659 972 204 89 91 1 0 Yorkshire 3,327 5,801 2,511 4,716 720 821 95 264 1 0 Trent 6,367 4,892 4,503 4,085 1,764 561 98 245 2 1 East Anglian 3,782 989 2,716 746 1,010 170 55 73 1 0 North West Thames 5,953 10,556 4,493 8,961 1,328 1,219 132 375 0 0 North East Thames 8,873 10,030 6,703 8,351 2,018 1,282 148 397 4 0 South East Thames 5,740 9,081 4,257 7,146 1,382 1,544 99 389 2 1 South West Thames 3,411 7,050 2,726 5,804 637 991 47 254 1 0 Wessex 2,879 4,280 2,132 2,826 684 1,207 62 241 1 0 Oxford 3,382 3,903 2,704 3,168 601 524 76 211 1 0 South Western 5,415 1,902 4,113 1,323 1,234 425 66 152 2 0 West Midlands 2,827 13,920 2,098 11,054 677 2,059 51 807 1 0 Mersey 3,177 3,887 2,395 3,092 743 658 37 137 2 0 North Western 4,735 6,787 3,432 5,592 1,224 963 77 232 2 0 1 Including not stated. 2 Provisional.