HC Deb 03 July 1998 vol 315 cc326-9W
Fiona Mactaggart

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which health authorities in England and Wales paid for fewer than(a) 50 per cent., (b) 70 per cent. and (c) 90 per cent. of abortions requested by their residents in (i) 1996 and (ii) 1997. [48440]

Mrs. Liddell

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Tim Holt to Fiona Mactaggart, dated 3 July 1998: As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary question on abortions. The health authorities which funded fewer than (a) 50 per cent.; (b) 70 per cent.; and 90 per cent. of abortions for local residents in (i) 1996 and (ii) 1997 are shown in the attached tables.

Percentage of abortions performed by the NHS by health authorities in England and Wales 1996
Area of usual residence Per cent
Less than 90 per cent.
Somerset HA 89.98
South Humber HA 89.70
Lincolnshire HA 89.61
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire HA 89.20
Suffolk HA 88.76
Oxfordshire HA 88.67
Gloucestershire HA 88.44
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA 88.25
East Lancashire HA 87.85
Doncaster HA 87.77
Sheffield HA 87.77
Wirral HA 86.57
North Yorkshire HA 86.49
East Riding HA 86.48

Percentage of abortions performed by the NHS by health authorities in England and Wales 1996
Area of usual residence Per cent.
North Derbyshire HA 86.36
North Cheshire HA 86.27
Gwent HA 85.95
Leeds HA 84.96
Isle of Wight HA 84.42
South Cheshire HA 84.12
Bradford HA 83.97
North Nottinghamshire HA 83.89
Wakefield HA 83.75
Calderdale and Kirklees HA 83.74
South Derbyshire HA 83.57
Nottingham HA 83.52
North Wales HA 83.07
Morecambe Bay HA 82.02
Herefordshire HA 81.92
Liverpool HA 81.23
Bedfordshire HA 81.22
Leicestershire HA 80.45
Northamptonshire HA 79.06
North West Anglia HA 78.90
Southampton and South West Hampshire HA 78.06
Avon HA 77.80
St. Helens and Knowsley HA 76.49
Bro Taf HA 75.65
Sefton HA 75.37
East Kent HA 74.74
Barnsley HA 73.43
Sandwell HA 72.55
Croydon HA 71.84
Walsall HA 71.58
Buckinghamshire HA 71.42
East London and The City HA 70.92
North Staffordshire HA 70.79
Birmingham HA 70.65
Less than 70 per cent.
Shropshire HA 69.47
West Kent HA 69.29
Brent and Harrow HA 69.24
Worcestershire HA 68.44
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA 67.86
Camden and Islington HA 67.46
South Essex HA 67.41
East Surrey HA 67.10
Enfield and Haringey HA 66.09
Bexley and Greenwich HA 65.96
Manchester HA 65.79
Wigan and Bolton HA 65.55
Bury and Rochdale HA 65.43
Stockport HA 65.42
North Essex HA 64.06
Dorset HA 63.85
West Pennine HA 63.85
Bromley HA 63.54
South Staffordshire HA 62.64
Hillingdon HA 62.31
Dudley HA 62.12
West Surrey HA 61.88
South Lancashire HA 60.40
Barnet HA 60.26
Wiltshire HA 60.00
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA 59.88
Salford and Trafford HA 59.31
Barking and Havering HA 57.97
East and North Hertfordshire HA 57.89
Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster HA 57.33
Kingston and Richmond HA 56.06
West Sussex HA 55.90
West Hertfordshire HA 54.32
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove HA 54.17
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA 52.69
Berkshire HA 50.61

Percentage of abortions performed by the NHS by health authorities in England and Wales 1996
Area of usual residence Per cent.
Less than 50 per cent.
Wolverhampton HA 47.77
North and Mid Hampshire HA 44.70
Solihull HA 43.99
North West Lancashire HA 36.06
Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA 33.90

Percentage of abortions performed by the NHS by health authorities in England and Wales 19971
Area of usual residence Per cent.
Less than 90 per cent.
Suffolk HA 89.75
Lincolnshire HA 89.07
East Riding HA 88.83
Doncaster HA 88.10
Rotherham HA 88.02
East Lancashire HA 87.99
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire HA 87.96
Sheffield HA 87.84
Cambridge and Huntingdon HA 87.65
Herefordshire HA 86.80
Morecambe Bay HA 86.73
Wirral HA 86.62
Gloucestershire HA 86.47
North Wales HA 86.46
North Derbyshire HA 84.12
North Cheshire HA 84.09
North Nottinghamshire HA 83.86
Leeds HA 83.50
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA 83.09
Calderdale and Kirklees HA 82.96
North Yorkshire HA 82.76
Bradford HA 82.67
South Cheshire HA 82.32
Leicestershire HA 82.25
Avon HA 82.09
Liverpool HA 82.01
Bedfordshire HA 81.67
South Derbyshire HA 81.30
Isle of Wight HA 81.17
Nottingham HA 80.66
Southampton and South West Hampshire HA 80.48
Wakefield HA 78.64
St. Helens and Knowsley HA 78.48
North West Anglia HA 78.44
Sandwell HA 77.65
Sefton HA 77.62
Brent and Harrow HA 77.23
Bro Taf HA 76.93
Croydon HA 76.17
Northamptonshire HA 74.18
Barnsley HA 72.45
Walsall HA 71.41
Buckinghamshire HA 70.99
East Kent HA 70.94
Bexley and Greenwich HA 70.79
Less than 70 per cent.
Wigan and Bolton HA 69.32
Manchester HA 69.21
Birmingham HA 69.15
West Kent HA 69.04
South Essex HA 68.56
Shropshire HA 68.37
North Staffordshire HA 68.28
West Surrey HA 67.98
East London and The City HA 67.83
Worcestershire HA 67.00
Hillingdon HA 65.57

Percentage of abortions performed by the NHS by health authorities in England and Wales 19971
Area of usual residence Per cent.
South Staffordshire HA 65.51
East Surrey HA 64.83
South Lancashire HA 64.62
West Pennine HA 64.61
North Essex HA 63.97
Stockport HA 63.95
Bury and Rochdale HA 63.82
Camden and Islington HA 63.80
East and North Hertfordshire HA 63.75
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA 63.73
Dorset HA 63.36
Dudley HA 63.26
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA 62.27
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA 62.12
Bromley HA 61.24
Barking and Havering HA 60.04
Barnet HA 59.32
Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster HA 58.55
Wiltshire HA 58.30
Salford and Trafford HA 57.88
West Hertfordshire HA 57.88
Berkshire HA 54.51
West Sussex HA 53.24
Enfield and Haringey HA 53.18
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove HA 53.08
Kingston and Richmond HA 52.17
Wolverhampton HA 51.84
Less than 50 per cent.
Solihull HA 47.43
North and Mid Hampshire HA 47.18
North West Lancashire HA 45.40
Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA 42.25
1 Provisional figures relating to notifications received by 19 May 1998, in respect of terminations performed during 1997 under the Abortion Act 1967 on women normally resident in England and Wales

Fiona Mactaggart

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of abortions for residents in(a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland was funded by the NHS in (i) 1996 and (ii) 1997. [48441]

Mrs. Liddell

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Tim Holt to Fiona Mactaggart, dated July 1998: As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary question on abortions. The percentage of abortions for residents in (a) England; (b) Wales and (c) Scotland funded by the NHS in 1996 and 1997 is as follows:

Percentage
1996 1997
England 72 72
Wales 85 87
Scotland 99 98

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