HC Deb 27 March 1995 vol 257 cc452-3W
Mrs. Ann Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give a breakdown by week of pregnancy of the number of abortions performed upon women in Scotland in(a) 1992 and (b) 1993 under the grounds of (i) risk to life of woman, (ii) to prevent grave permanent injury to physical or mental health of woman, (iii) substantial risk of child being born seriously handicapped, (iv) to save the life of woman and (v) to prevent grave permanent injury to physical or mental health of woman. [15961]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 24 March 1995]: The information is set out in the following tables:

1992 Period of gestation (weeks) Ground (i) Ground (ii) Ground (iii) Ground (iv) Ground (v)
05 0 1 0 0 0
06 0 11 3 0 0
07 0 30 3 0 0
08 3 57 7 0 0
09 3 24 3 0 0
10 1 43 7 0 0
11 1 12 3 0 0
12 0 9 5 0 0
13 0 2 6 0 0
14 1 8 6 0 0
15 0 1 5 0 0
16 0 3 10 0 0
17 0 0 12 0 0
18 0 1 15 0 0
19 0 0 23 0 0
20 0 0 20 0 0
21 0 2 6 0 0
22 0 0 2 0 0
23 0 0 4 0 0
24 1 0 2 0 0
25 1 0 0 0 0
26 0 0 1 0 0
27 0 0 1 0 0
Total 11 204 144 0 0

1993 Period of Gestation (weeks) Ground (i) Ground (ii) Ground (iii) Ground (iv) Ground (v)
06 0 3 3 0 0
07 1 12 2 0 0
08 1 40 3 0 0
09 1 7 2 0 0
10 1 22 1 0 0
11 1 7 5 0 0
12 0 1 8 0 0
13 0 5 4 0 0
14 1 2 4 0 0
15 0 0 4 0 0
16 3 1 9 0 0
17 0 0 12 0 0
18 0 1 22 0 1
19 0 1 15 0 0
20 0 0 11 0 0
21 0 0 6 0 0
22 0 0 8 0 0
23 0 0 0 0 0
24 0 0 0 0 0
25 0 0 1 0 0
26 0 0 1 0 0
27 0 0 1 0 0
28 0 0 1 0 0
Total 9 102 123 0 1

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