HL Deb 28 April 1998 vol 589 cc13-20WA
Lord Braine of Wheatley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each health authority:

  1. (a) the abortion rate; and
  2. (b) the conception rate
per 1,000 under the age of 16 years for each of the last three years for which figures are available. [HL1555]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter to Lord Braine of Wheatley from the Director of the Office for National Statistics, Dr. T. Holt.

As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary question on abortions and conceptions under the age of 16 years.

Abortions rates for girls aged under 16 by each health authority in England and Wales for 1994, 1995 and 1996 are shown in the enclosed tables.

Conception rates for girls aged under 16 are shown in the accompanying table for each Health Authority in England & Wales for each of the years 1994–1996.

Legal abortions—rate per 1,000 women for the under 16 age group by health authority England and Wales, 1994
Rates
England & Wales 5.2
Health authorities
Northumberland 2.5
Newcastle 6.6
North Tyneside 6.2
Sunderland 6.7
North Durham 6.1
South Durham 7.1
Tees 6.1
South of Tyne 6.2
North Cumbria 5.2
East Riding 7.7
Grimsby & Scunthorpe 5.1
North Yorkshire 5.3
Bradford 4.4
West Yorkshire 3.9
Leeds 6.2
Wakefield 9.0
North Derbyshire 8.3
Southern Derbyshire 4.9
Leicestershire 5.2
Nottingham 6.0
Barnsley 12.9
Doncaster 11.7
Rotherham 3.7
Sheffield 5.7

Legal abortions—rate per 1,000 women for the under 16 age group by health authority England and Wales, 1994
Rates
North Nottinghamshire 6.3
Lincolnshire 6.0
Cambridge 3.0
North West Anglia 4.0
Huntingdon 5.6
Suffolk 4.0
East Norfolk 4.6
Bedfordshire 4.7
North West Hertfordshire 4.4
South West Hertfordshire 3.4
Barnet 3.2
Hillingdon 4.6
East & North Hertfordshire 3.6
Brent & Harrow 3.8
Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow 3.8
Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster 3.5
North Essex 2.8
South Essex 5.7
Barking & Havering 5.4
Redbridge & Waltham Forest 5.3
East London & The City 8.0
New River 6.2
Camden & Islington 6.5
Bromley 1.5
East Sussex 4.1
East Kent 5.9
West Kent 5.4
Bexley & Greenwich 5.8
South East London 12.4
East Surrey 1.6
Chichester 1.0
Mid Downs 4.3
Worthing 4.5
Croydon 6.3
North West Surrey 2.0
South West Surrey 2.7
Merton, Sutton & Wandsworth 5.3
Mid Surrey 2.8
Kingston & Richmond 1.6
Dorset 5.0
Portsmouth & South East Hampshire 5.8
Southampton & South West Hampshire 4.5
North & Mid Hampshire 4.2
Wiltshire & Bath 3.5
Isle of Wight 4.2
Berkshire 3.4
Buckinghamshire 3.8
Northamptonshire 4.3
Oxfordshire 3.3
Bristol & District 3.6
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly 4.0
Exeter & North Devon 5.7
Plymouth & Torbay 5.3
Gloucestershire 4.7
Somerset 4.9
Herefordshire 5.1
Worcester & District 2.4
Shropshire 4.5
North Staffordshire 8.1
Coventry 5.5
Dudley 6.6
Sandwell 6.2
Solihull 5.0
Walsall 6.5
Wolverhampton 7.5
South Birmingham 6.2
North Worcestershire 6.0
South Staffordshire 5.2
Warwickshire 6.6
North Birmingham 6.7
Chester 4.6
South and East Cheshire 3.9

Legal abortions—rate per 1,000 women for the under 16 age group by health authority England and Wales, 1994
Rates
North Cheshire 6.7
Liverpool 5.0
St. Helens & Knowsley 7.0
Sefton 4.1
Wirral 5.7
Bolton 4.9
Stockport 6.9
Wigan 7.8
North West Lancashire 4.6
East Lancashire 5.2
South Lancashire 3.2
Bury & Rochdale 6.9
West Pennine 6.3
Manchester 8.5
Salford & Trafford 3.9
Morecambe Bay 4.3
Clwyd 4.2
Gwent 4.9
Gwynedd 4.7
Mid Glamorgan 6.7
Powys 5.1
South Glamorgan 4.9
West Glamorgan 6.8
Pembrokeshire 2.0
East Dyfed 5.4

Legal abortions—rate per 1,000 women for the under 16 age group by health authority England and Wales, 1995
Rate
England & Wales 5.2
Health authorities
Northumberland 5.2
Sunderland 7.8
North Durham 4.8
South Durham 9.0
Tees 7.4
South of Tyne 4.6
North Cumbria 6.6
Newcastle & North Tyneside 5.3
East Riding 7.1
Grimsby & Scunthorpe 7.0
North Yorkshire 4.1
Bradford 3.8
West Yorkshire 5.2
Leeds 6.7
Wakefield 7.0
North Derbyshire 5.0
Southern Derbyshire 4.4
Leicestershire 3.9
Nottingham 5.9
Barnsley 7.1
Doncaster 5.9
Rotherham 7.0
Sheffield 6.5
North Nottinghamshire 5.2
Lincolnshire 4.8
Cambridge 5.4
North West Anglia 5.0
Huntingdon 2.8
Suffolk 4.7
East Norfolk 4.3
Bedfordshire 3.2
North West Hertfordshire 3.3
South West Hertfordshire 5.3
Barnet 2.0
Hillingdon 4.6
East & North Hertfordshire 3.5
Brent & Harrow 4.1
Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow 4.6
Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster 4.4

Legal abortions—rate per 1,000 women for the under 16 age group by health authority England and Wales, 1995
Rate
North Essex 2.9
South Essex 6.3
Barking & Havering 5.6
Redbridge & Waltham Forest 5.3
East London & The City 6.4
New River 5.6
Camden & Islington 6.5
Bromley 2.8
East Sussex 4.6
East Kent 6.9
West Kent 6.0
Bexley & Greenwich 5.0
South East London 9.3
Croydon 6.5
Merton, Sutton & Wandsworth 7.3
Kingston & Richmond 4.1
Western Surrey 3.0
Eastern Surrey 2.4
West Sussex 4.3
Dorset 4.8
Porsmouth & SE Hampshire 5.3
Southampton & SW Hampshire 4.3
North & Mid Hampshire 2.5
Wiltshire & Bath 4.6
Isle of Wight 3.4
Berkshire 5.3
Buckinghamshire 3.7
Northamptonshire 5.0
Oxfordshire 3.4
Bristol 3.9
Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly 4.9
Exeter & North Devon 4.5
Plymouth & Torbay 4.5
Gloucestershire 5.1
Somerset 5.9
Herefordshire 4.7
Worcester 6.0
Shropshire 3.6
North Staffordshire 7.4
Coventry 6.0
Dudley 6.2
Sand well 9.9
Solihull 4.8
Walsall 7.4
Wolverhampton 7.4
South Birmingham 8.3
North Worcestershire 6.2
South Staffordshire 4.8
Warwickshire 5.4
North Birmingham 4.9
North Cheshire 4.6
South Cheshire 4.2
Liverpool 4.3
St. Helens & Knowsley 4.4
Sefton 3.5
Wirral 5.0
Stockport 4.6
North West Lancashire 4.5
East Lancashire 5.2
South Lancashire 5.7
Wigan & Bolton 6.8
Bury & Rochdale 7.0
West Pennine 5.3
Manchester 7.0
Salford & Trafford 3.9
Morecambe 4.7
Clwyd 4.5
Gwent 5.2
Gwynedd 2.7
Mid Glamorgan 7.3
Powys 4.8
South Glamorgan 3.3
West Glamorgan 9.7
Dyfed 4.2

Legal abortions—rate per 1,000 women for the under 16 age group by health authority England and Wales, 1996
Rate
England & Wales 5.8
Health authorities
Bradford 5.0
County Durham 9.1
East Riding 6.2
Gateshead & South Tyneside 5.6
Leeds 5.5
Newcastle & North Tyneside 7.1
North Cumbria 7.1
Northumberland 7.0
Sunderland 10.5
Tees 8.8
Wakefield 7.2
North Yorkshire 4.3
Calderdale & Kirklees 5.3
Barnsley 5.6
North Derbyshire 9.7
South Derbyshire 5.9
Doncaster 8.8
Leicestershire 4.9
Lincolnshire 6.4
North Nottinghamshire 5.5
Nottingham 6.8
Rotherham 9.9
Sheffield 6.8
South Humber 8.7
Bedfordshire 3.9
Berkshire 5.0
Buckinghamshire 5.5
Cambridge & Huntingdon 3.4
East Norfolk 4.2
Northamptonshire 5.3
North West Anglia 4.3
Oxfordshire 4.8
Suffolk 3.7
Hillingdon 5.5
Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster 5.1
Enfield & Haringey 8.8
Redbridge & Waltham Forest 7.1
Barking & Havering 6.5
Barnet 3.0
Brent & Harrow 5.1
Camden & Islington 5.7
Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow 5.5
East London & The City 7.3
North Essex 5.1
South Essex 6.2
East & North Hertfordshire 3.8
West Hertfordshire 3.6
Bexley & Greenwich 6.2
Bromley 4.1
Croydon 7.7
East Kent 5.6
West Kent 5.2
Kingston & Richmond 4.7
Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham 14.7
Merton, Sutton & Wandsworth 5.1
East Surrey 2.2
West Surrey 3.3
East Sussex, Brighton & Hove 4.7
West Sussex 3.9
North & Mid Hampshire 3.5
Portsmouth & SE Hampshire 6.4
Southampton & SW Hampshire 4.4
Isle of Wight 6.2
Somerset 4.8
South & West Devon 7.3
Wiltshire 5.0
Avon 4.8
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly 2.9
Dorset 4.5

Legal abortions—rate per 1,000 women for the under 16 age group by health authority England and Wales, 1996
Rate
North & East Devon 4.4
Gloucestershire 4.9
Birmingham 5.6
Coventry 5.9
Dudley 9.5
Herefordshire 5.8
Sandwell 7.9
Shropshire 5.9
Solihull 9.1
North Staffordshire 7.7
South Staffordshire 6.7
Walsall 9.3
Warwickshire 7.1
Wolverhampton 9.5
Worcestershire 4.2
South Lancashire 3.1
Liverpool 4.8
Manchester 7.1
Morecambe Bay 8.6
St. Helens & Knowsley 5.1
Salford & Trafford 5.7
Sefton 3.8
Stockport 4.3
West Pennine 7.6
Bury & Rochdale 6.5
North Cheshire 7.5
South Cheshire 4.4
East Lancashire 6.3
North West Lancashire 5.9
Wigan & Bolton 4.5
Wirral 4.1
Gwent 6.8
Bro Taf 6.8
Dyfed Powys 3.4
North Wales 6.8
Morgannwg 8.7

Under 16 conception rates by area of usual residence 1994–96
Rates per 1,000 girls aged 13–15 1994–96 Rates
Health authority 1994 1995 1996 total
England & Wales 8.3 8.5 9.4 8.8
Regional and district health authorities
Northern & Yorkshire 10.1 10.5 10.8 10.5
Bradford HA 8.2 8.0 9.2 8.5
County Durham HA 10.6 13.1 13.9 12.5
East Riding HA 11.0 9.6 9.8 10.1
Gateshead & South
Tyneside HA 10.3 11.0 11.6 11.0
Leeds HA 11.7 9.7 10.5 10.6
Newcastle & North
Tyneside HA 12.3 12.2 10.6 11.7
North Cumbria HA 7.8 11.2 8.8 9.3
Northumberland HA 7.8 8.4 10.2 8.8
Sunderland HA 12.3 16.0 19.5 15.9
Tees HA 12.9 14.0 14.8 13.9
Wakefield HA 12.1 12.9 10.0 11.7
North Yorkshire HA 6.4 6.7 6.3 6.5
Calderdale & Kirklees HA 8.9 7.6 8.7 8.4
Trent 9.9 10.0 11.4 10.4
Barnsley HA 16.3 14.2 12.5 14.3
North Derbyshire HA 9.6 7.4 11.4 9.4
South Derbyshire HA 9.1 9.0 12.1 10.1

Under 16 conception rates by area of usual residence 1994–96
Rates per 1,000 girls aged 13–15 1994–96 Rates
Health authority 1994 1995 1996 total
Doncaster HA 15.9 11.4 13.6 13.6
Leicestershire HA 7.6 7.7 7.9 7.7
Lincolnshire HA 7.1 8.5 9.0 8.2
North Nottinghamshire HA 9.5 10.8 10.0 10.1
Nottingham HA 10.8 12.8 12.2 11.9
Rotherham HA 8.1 11.3 15.7 11.7
Sheffield HA 11.3 10.1 11.4 10.9
South Humber HA 12.3 12.2 18.3 14.2
Anglia & Oxford 6.1 6.5 7.3 6.6
Bedfordshire HA 6.4 6.4 7.2 6.7
Berkshire HA 6.2 6.5 7.9 6.9
Buckinghamshire HA 4.8 5.7 7.7 6.0
Cambridge & Huntingdon HA 4.6 4.6 5.0 4.7
East Norfolk HA 6.7 7.3 6.8 6.9
Northamptonshire HA 7.1 9.7 7.5 8.1
North West Anglia HA 7.1 8.6 9.1 8.3
Oxfordshire HA 5.5 4.7 7.0 5.7
Suffolk HA 6.2 5.3 7.0 6.2
North Thames 7.1 7.3 8.3 7.6
Hillingdon HA 9.1 6.8 7.3 7.7
Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster HA 5.5 5.3 7.1 6.0
Enfield & Haringey
HA 11.2 9.4 11.1 10.6
Redbridge & Waltham Forest HA 6.7 5.6 8.8 7.0
Barking & Havering HA 7.5 7.4 10.4 8.4
Barnet HA 3.0 4.6 5.5 4.4
Brent & Harrow HA 5.5 6.6 7.6 6.5
Camden & Islington HA 11.1 9.0 9.4 9.8
Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow HA 8.0 8.1 9.5 8.5
East London & The City HA 10.0 11.4 12.1 11.2
North Essex HA 5.1 5.8 6.6 5.8
South Essex HA 7.4 8.8 8.5 8.3
East & North Hertfordshire HA 4.7 5.0 5.7 5.1
West Hertfordshire HA 5.6 5.3 5.5 5.5
South Thames 7.4 8.0 8.6 8.0
Bexley & Greenwich
HA 7.6 9.9 8.9 8.8
Bromley HA 3.7 5.2 6.8 5.2
Croydon HA 9.7 11.0 11.8 10.9
East Kent HA 8.7 9.3 9.7 9.2
West Kent HA 7.6 8.0 7.5 7.7
Kingston & Richmond HA 4.7 5.9 5.2 5.2
Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham HA 17.3 15.9 19.5 17.6
Merton, Sutton & Wandsworth HA 6.8 9.7 9.7 8.7
East Surrey HA 3.9 3.1 3.4 3.5
West Surrey HA 3.7 3.8 4.9 4.1
East Sussex, Brighton & Hove HA 7.1 7.8 7.5 7.5
West Sussex HA 5.2 5.2 6.1 5.5
South & West 6.3 6.7 7.6 6.9

Under 16 conception rates by area of usual residence 1994–96
Rates per 1,000 girls aged 13–15 1994–96 Rates
Health authority 1994 1995 1996 total
North & Mid Hampshire HA 4.6 4.3 5.3 4.7
Portsmouth & South East Hampshire HA 7.0 8.0 9.8 8.3
Southampton & South West
Hampshire HA 5.8 6.6 7.6 6.6
Isle of Wight HA 5.5 9.1 7.0 7.2
Somerset HA 7.4 7.6 5.9 7.0
South & West Devon HA 8.5 8.0 9.2 8.6
Wiltshire HA 6.6 6.6 8.4 7.2
Avon HA 6.2 6.8 8.7 7.2
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly HA 6.0 6.6 6.3 6.3
Dorset HA 4.5 6.0 7.2 5.9
North East Devon HA 7.2 5.2 7.2 6.5
Gloucestershire HA 6.6 7.1 7.2 7.0
West Midlands 10.4 9.9 11.2 10.5
Birmingham HA 11.5 9.8 11.2 10.8
Coventry HA 10.0 10.6 10.1 10.2
Dudley HA 12.1 10.1 14.5 12.2
Herefordshire HA 8.8 8.0 7.6 8.1
Sandwell HA 15.9 16.7 15.0 15.9
Shropshire HA 6.9 8.9 10.1 8.6
Solihull HA 9.3 4.6 10.5 8.1
North Staffordshire HA 11.9 12.1 12.4 12.1
South Staffordshire HA 8.2 6.7 9.0 7.9
Walsall HA 13.8 12.4 13.7 13.3
Warwickshire HA 9.6 9.2 8.9 9.2
Wolverhampton HA 15.2 15.1 16.0 15.4
Worcerstershire HA 6.7 8.1 9.8 8.2
North West 8.9 8.9 9.8 9.2
South Lancashire HA 6.2 8.2 6.7 7.0
Liverpool HA 9.8 8.4 8.9 9.1
Manchester HA 15.9 12.9 14.8 14.5
Morecambe Bay HA 6.4 9.7 9.1 8.4
St. Helens & Knowsley HA 10.5 9.0 9.2 9.6
Salford & Trafford HA 8.7 8.1 10.5 9.1
Sefton HA 6.2 6.4 6.6 6.4
Stockport HA 6.8 7.0 6.4 6.7
West Pennine HA 10.4 10.9 13.0 11.4
Bury & Rochdale HA 11.2 10.1 11.8 11.0
North Cheshire HA 8.4 8.1 10.9 9.1
South Cheshire HA 6.8 6.9 7.3 7.0
East Lancashire HA 9.1 8.5 10.2 9.3
North West Lancashire HA 7.7 8.7 11.6 9.4
Wigan & Bolton HA 9.3 10.5 10.4 10.1
Wirral HA 6.9 8.0 5.9 6.9
Wales 9.0 10.0 11.4 10.2
Gwent HA 12.2 11.7 13.6 12.5
Bro Taf HA 9.5 10.6 12.0 10.7
Dyfed Powys HA 6.2 6.1 6.2 6.2
North Wales HA 7.4 7.8 10.7 8.6
Morgannwg HA 9.5 13.9 13.9 12.5