§ Mrs. PeacockTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many legal abortions have taken place in each of the 17 health districts in Yorkshire in each year from 1980 onwards; and on what grounds these abortions were granted.
§ Mr. DorrellFull information is available only at disproportionate cost. Readily available data for residents of the districts are given in the tables.
Legal abortions Area of usual residence 1980–82 Health districts in Yorkshire Regional Health Authority Area of usual residence 1980 1981 1982 Yorkshire 7,574 7,472 7,600 Hull 607 552 606 Beverley 283 312 394 Grimsby 276 297 329 Scunthorpe 401 376 350 Northallerton 164 177 201 York 472 432 502 Scarborough 304 315 295 Harrogate 228 259 213 Bradford 730 736 707 Airedale 341 328 295 Calderdale 383 361 383 Huddersfield 466 464 452 Dewsbury 336 300 330 Western (Leeds) 961 881 937 Eastern (Leeds) 920 974 897 Western (Wakefield) 361 325 342 Eastern (Pontefract) 341 383 367 53W
Legal abortions Area of usual residence 1983–86 Districts Health authorities in Yorkshire Regional Health Authority Area of usual residence 1983 1984 1985 1986 Yorkshire 7,461 7,834 8,087 8,517 Hull 659 728 763 833 East Yorkshire 224 289 314 337 Grimsby 335 309 416 432 Scunthorpe 388 352 396 383 Northallerton 200 214 201 202 York 484 487 496 560 Scarborough 273 258 310 291 Harrogate 214 236 227 285 Bradford 723 816 857 859
Area of usual residence 1983 1984 1985 1986 Airedale 324 334 333 244 Calderdale 373 436 450 458 Huddersfield 528 545 553 590 Dewsbury 345 372 388 388 Leeds Western 909 1,009 920 1,027 Leeds Eastern 803 804 776 852 Wakefield 333 306 332 368 Pontefract 346 339 355 408
Legal abortions Area of usual residence 1987–90 Districts Health authorities in Yorkshire Regional Health Authority Area of usual residence 1987 1988 1989 1990 Yorkshire 9,128 9,567 9,944 110,221 Hull 859 939 1,001 11,054 East Yorkshire 394 422 427 1419 Grimsby 510 495 560 1541 Scunthorpe 397 466 496 1472 Northallerton 210 248 226 1210 York 581 626 636 1733 Scarborough 332 326 344 1313 Harrogate 215 155 338 1360 Bradford 902 937 933 1918 Airedale 312 376 339 1356 Calderdale 481 558 594 1504 Huddersfield 598 666 676 1669 Dewsbury 400 461 461 1483 Leeds Western 1,101 1,120 1,118 11,209 Leeds Eastern 946 960 963 11,053 Wakefield 432 393 373 1432 Pontefract 458 419 459 1495 1 Provisional