§ Lord Braine of Wheatleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many abortions have been performed by the NHS in each year since 1979.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Baroness Cumberlege)The information is shown in the table
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Number of abortions performed in NHS facilities and in non-NHS facilities under agency agreement, in Great Britain 1979–1992. Year Number of NHS abortions Number of "agency" abortions 1979 63,359 1— 1980 68,540 1— 1981 70,087 2,539 1982 70,719 4,663 1983 71,074 4,822 1984 73,860 5,137 1985 74,230 6,151 1986 76,961 7,035 1987 78,727 9,042 1988 79,059 9,626 1989 80,775 9,427 1990 83,592 9,929 1991 85,119 9,402 21992 90,255 12,125 1Data not available before 1981. 2 Data for 1992 is provisional.