§ Ms ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the latest available data on the percentage of abortions which are funded by the national health service in each regional health authority area.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe latest year for which the data requested are available is 1992.
NHS funded percentage of total England 56.8 RHA Northern 85.4 Yorkshire 58.3 Trent 70.6 East Anglian 82.9 North West Thames 47.0 North East Thames 56.2 South East Thames 53.6 South West Thames 41.4 Wessex 51.5 Oxford 55.7 South Western 79.2 West Midlands 53.0 Mersey 51.3 North Western 45.0