§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many courses of contraception and contraceptive devices have been prescribed(a) to persons over 16 and (b) to persons of each age group under 16 in each year since 1990. [44285]
§ Ms BlearsTables showing first contacts with women at family planning clinics by primary method of birth control are as follows. It should be noted that family planning clinics account for only about one fifth of prescriptions for contraceptives to women of all ages; over two-thirds of contraceptive prescriptions in England are provided by general practitioners.
It should also be noted that these figures count only once those women who have attended family planning clinics more than once in a 12 month period.
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First contacts with women at family planning clinics by primary method of birth control and age, 1991–92 to 2000–01 Number of first contacts (thousand) 1992–93 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 Primary method Under 16 16 & over Under 16 16 & over Under 16 16 & over Under 16 16 & over Under 16 16 & over Total all methods 18.5 882.7 22.4 858.7 31.7 835.2 44.7 832.4 51.4 835.7 Oral contraceptives-total 13.0 506.8 13.9 482.3 18.0 464.0 24.9 461.2 25.4 433.7 Combined preparation 12.8 448.4 13.7 427.6 17.6 411.9 24.5 410.7 24.9 385.0 Progestogen-only 0.2 58.4 0.2 54.7 0.3 52.0 0.4 50.5 0.5 48.7 IUD 0.1 94.9 0.1 81.7 0.1 73.2 0.1 64.2 0.1 59.5 Cap/diaphragm 0.1 58.9 0.1 50.1 0.1 42.0 0.1 35.9 0.1 32.4 Injectable contraceptive 0.2 19.7 0.3 23.1 0.3 27.7 0.5 35.1 0.7 40.7 Other chemicals 0.0 5.1 0.0 5.2 0.1 4.9 0.1 5.6 0.1 5.3 Male condom 4.4 167.8 7.1 189.0 11.4 185.3 17.2 205.9 22.5 234.5 Female condom1 — — — — 0.5 11.8 0.2 2.5 0.3 3.1 Rhythm method 0.0 1.1 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.7 Female sterilisation 0.0 2.3 0.0 2.3 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.9 0.0 1.3 Implant2 — — — — — — — — 0.0 1.9 Other methods 0.7 26.0 0.9 23.8 1.2 23.3 1.6 20.0 2.2 22.8
1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Primary method Under 16 16 & over Under 16 16 & over Under 16 16 & over Under 16 16 & over Under 16 16 & over Total all methods 54.6 865.4 55.0 861.4 53.8 862.3 56.3 860.0 62.1 852.8 Oral contraceptives-total 23.0 419.9 22.7 413.4 21.8 399.6 22.7 400.9 23.9 396.2 Combined preparation 22.5 369.9 22.2 364.2 21.1 351.6 21.7 319.9 22.8 315.2 Progestogen-only 0.5 50.1 0.5 49.2 0.7 48.0 1.1 30.8 1.1 32.0 IUD 0.1 63.1 0.1 62.0 0.2 63.2 0.2 66.4 0.2 64.6 Cap/diaphragm 0.1 28.8 0.1 22.7 0.1 18.2 0.0 14.9 0.0 12.4 Injectable contraceptive 1.0 47.3 1.2 50.9 1.3 55.5 1.5 60.9 2.0 69.5 Other chemicals 0.1 5.3 0.1 3.7 0.1 4.4 0.1 4.6 0.1 3.1 Male condom 27.1 266.1 27.0 271.6 26.2 272.4 27.6 265.5 30.9 251.9 Female condom 0.2 3.0 0.3 3.0 0.2 3.0 0.2 1.8 0.2 1.6 Rhythm method 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.7 0.1 1.2 Female sterilisation 0.0 1.3 0.0 1.4 0.0 1.2 0.0 1.3 0.0 1.3 Implant2 0.1 4.2 0.0 l.3 0.0 1.3 0.0 2.4 0.1 3.3 Other methods 3.0 25.5 3.5 31.0 3.9 43.1 3.8 40.7 4.6 47.7 1 Information about the female condom was first collected from 1993–94 2 Information about implants was first collected from 1995–96 Source:
Department of Health Statistics Division SD2B, Form KT31