HC Deb 20 December 1994 vol 251 c1147W
Mrs. Wise

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of the births which took place at home in 1993 were actually planned as home births.

Mr. Sackville

There were 10,588 home births in England and Wales in 1993, of which 10,528 were live births and 60 stillbirths.

Information on how many of these births were planned as home births is not available.