HC Deb 01 July 1991 vol 194 cc52-3W
Mrs. Peacock

To 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. Dorrell

Full 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

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
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