§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when the guidance and criteria for support grant for social services for people with AIDS and related expenditure will be forthcoming; and if he will make a statement.
Abortions to non-British Isles residents by country of origin and gestation period for 1988 Gestation weeks Country Total1 Under 9 9–12 13–17 18+ unknown Other European 7,357 1,084 1,366 2,263 2,644 — Austria 54 4 1 13 36 — Belgium and Luxembourg 33 3 5 1 24 — France 3,047 45 126 1,335 1,541 — Gibraltar 32 14 12 4 2 — Italy 631 26 32 257 316 — Malta 45 19 20 2 4 — Portugal 51 17 8 12 14 — Spain 3,188 900 1,107 601 580 — Switzerland 68 9 11 14 34 — German Federal Republic 140 24 31 14 71 — Rest of world 1,011 371 342 172 126 — Algeria 78 11 5 22 40 — Australia 40 16 17 7 — — Republic of South Africa 400 112 156 90 42 — United States of America 66 33 24 4 5 — Zimbabwe 49 14 21 8 6 — 1 Only countries where the number of terminations exceeds 24 are included. The upper limits and circumstances in which abortions may lawfully take place vary widely from country to country but do not affect the availability in individual cases of abortions in this country to foreign women.
Information about the sums paid to private clinics by non resident women is not collected centrally.
190W
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyWe will outline the criteria following consultation with the local authority associations later this year.