HC Deb 07 November 2000 vol 356 cc176-7W
Ms Drown

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the rate was of(a) spontaneous, (b) Caesarean and (c) instrumental births as a percentage of all births in (i) 1995–96, (ii) 1996–97, (iii) 1997–98 and (iv) 1999–2000. [136798]

Yvette Cooper

[holding answer 6 November 2000]: The table shows the method of delivery in National Health Service hospitals in England for the years 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, and 1998–99. Figures for 1999–2000 are not available.

Estimated percentages
Year Spontaneous Instrumental Caesarean Other
1995–96 73 10 16 0
1996–97 72 10 17 1
1997–98 71 11 17 1
1998–99 70 11 19 1

Note:

Figures are provisional