§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list by region for the last five years the number of pregnant women who(a) gave birth in a hospital, (b) gave birth in the mother's home, (c) booked a midwife as their lead professional and (d) hold their own medical notes.
§ Mr. SackvilleInformation on the number of pregnancies resulting in births at hospital and births at home can be found in table 8.2 of the annual reference volume "Birth Statistics", series FM1. Volumes for 1987 to 1991—series FM1, Nos. 16 to 20—are available in the Library. Information on women booking with a midwife as a lead professional and those holding their own medical notes are not available centrally.