HC Deb 05 July 1989 vol 156 cc187-8W
Mr. Robert B. Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many abortions have been carried out at Hemel Hempstead general hospital in each of the last four calendar years; under which provisions of the Abortion Act they were carried out; and what was(a) the age and marital status of the mother, (b) gestational age of the foetus and (c) the abortion method used.

Mr. Freeman

The information requested cannot be released on the grounds of maintaining confidentiality. The readily available data for usual residents of North-West Hertfordshire district health authority are shown in the tables.

Table 1
Legal abortions, usual residents North West Hertfordshire DHA, 1984 to 1987, numbers and age of mother
Age 1984 1985 1986 1987
Under 16 17 15 10 14
16–19 179 186 150 146
20–24 194 180 180 196
25–34 203 210 187 208
35–44 95 108 94 92
45+ 4 1 4 1
Not stated — — — —
Total 692 700 625 657

Table 2
Legal abortions, usual residents North West Hertfordshire DHA, 1984 to 1987, marital status, previous live and stillborn children1, area of termination (distinguishing regional health authority of usual residents and category of premises).
1984 1985 1986 1987
Marital Status
Single 425 415 396 424
Married 195 196 166 154
Other 72 89 63 79
Parity1
0 433 428 415 421
1–3 232 250 193 208
4+ 18 16 13 23
Unknown 9 6 4 5

1984 1985 1986 1987
RHA of termination
Home NHS 222 197 145 202
RHA Non-NHS 3 12 53 41
Other NHS 38 42 24 28
RHA Non-NHS 429 449 403 386

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