§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list, for each of the last 10 years, the total number of live births in the United Kingdom, and the percentage of those births delivered by caesarean section. [66264]
§ Mr. HuttonThe information currently available on the number of live births and the percentage of births delivered by caesarean section is shown in the tables.
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Total number of live births occurring to women resident in England 1988–97 Year Number 1988 654,363 1989 649,357 1990 666,920 1991 660,806 1992 651,784 1993 636,473 1994 628,956 1995 613,257 1996 614,184 1997 607,216 Source:
Office for National Statistics
Percentage of deliveries by caesarean section in England 1988–97 Financial year Percentage of deliveries by caesarean section 1988–89 1— 1989–90 11.3 1990–91 12.4 1991–92 12.9 1992–93 13.8 1993–94 15.0 1994–95 15.5 1995–96 216 1996–97 217 1Information not available 2Provisional Source:
Department of Health
Questions relating to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are matters for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland respectively.