§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS funded abortions there were in each health authority in England and Wales in each of the last five years. [89121]
§ Ms BlearsThe information requested is shown in the table by health authority.
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NHSfunded abortions by health authority of residence, England and Wales 1997–2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 924 946 998 938 962 County Durham 1,322 1,310 1,151 1,163 1,127 Coventry 1,308 1,294 1,202 1,439 1,458 Croydon 1,388 1,609 1,329 1,430 1,587 Doncaster 696 746 810 757 768 Dorset 1,074 1,113 1,043 960 1,006 Dudley 582 649 565 622 681 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 2,827 2,793 2,674 2,786 2,737 East Kent 843 873 941 1,226 1,399 East Lancashire 1,173 1,225 1,257 1,304 1,197 East London and The City 3,402 3,667 3,728 3,995 3,979 East Norfolk1 1,278 1,349 — — — East Riding 1,368 1,424 1,364 1,348 1,303 East Surrey 765 722 753 786 866 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 1,242 1,280 1,599 1,450 1,537 Gateshead and South Tyneside 799 761 111 747 706 Gloucestershire 1,221 1,260 1,214 1,162 1,274 Herefordshire 310 357 341 345 339 Hertfordshire 1,882 2,210 2,086 2,180 2,190 Hillingdon 737 792 803 842 894 Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and south east 1,584 1,620 1,532 1,5826 1,566 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 2,103 2,054 1,816 1,780 1,753 Kingston and Richmond 665 712 624 639 621 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 4,744 5,716 5,443 5,689 5,766 Leeds 1,918 1,835 1,720 1,849 1,718 Leicestershire 2,080 2,390 2,321 2,275 2,237 Lincolnshire 1,149 1,267 271 1,209 1,196 Liverpool 1,597 1,639 1,562 1,414 1,376 Manchester 1,247 1,282 1,406 1,877 1,851 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 2,312 2,373 2,235 2,219 2.150 Morecambe Bay 621 636 595 572 586 Newcastle and North Tyneside 1,397 1,415 1,443 1,408 1,357 Norfolk1 — — 1,567 1,572 1,650 North and East Devon 1,021 972 937 869 929 North and Mid Hampshire 611 659 661 763 945 North Cheshire 855 810 806 798 825 North Cumbria 715 753 712 710 720 North Derbyshire 717 793 713 708 711 North Essex 1,430 1,837 1,650 1,619 1,595 North Nottinghamshire 747 809 726 760 734 North Staffordshire 775 854 776 759 785 North West Anglia1 684 827 — — — North West Lancashire 584 722 632 817 929 North Yorkshire 1,405 1,386 1,266 1,292 1,263 Northamptonshire 1,170 1,269 1,267 1,250 1,341 Northumberland 673 652 635 670 642 Nottingham 1,413 1,591 1,600 1,536 1,608 Oxfordshire 1,622 1,709 1,543 1,505 1,516 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 1,110 1,686 1,292 1,340 1,696 Rotherham 529 556 590 574 569 Salford and Trafford 762 735 958 1,069 1,134 Sandwell 866 888 800 883 942 Sefton 593 576 567 545 591 Sheffield 1,416 1,416 1,354 1,346 1,416 Shropshire 712 836 823 908 857 Solihull 268 249 226 325 320 Somerset 906 1,031 983 886 928 South and West Devon 1,326 1,254 1,398 1,403 1,355 South Cheshire 1,404 1,486 1,356 1,291 1,316 South Essex 1,555 1,741 1,644 1,676 1,691 South Humber 772 817 875 871 792 South Lancashire 453 444 504 488 515 South Staffordshire 1,022 1,095 1,194 1,267 1,254 Southampton and South West Hamps 1,212 1,201 1,144 1,123 1,230 Southern Derbyshire 1,118 1,188 1,174 1,141 1,127 St. Helens and Knowsley 755 804 802 756 782 Stockport 596 622 612 560 659 Suffolk 1,245 1,171 1,277 1,234 1,272 Sunderland 771 818 787 790 772 Tees 1,226 1,431 1,444 1,365 1,331 Wakefield 567 493 430 471 564 Walsall 552 555 546 545 545 Warwickshire 1,443 1,415 1,284 1,389 1,417
NHS funded abortions by health authority of residence, England and Wales 1997–2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 West Kent 1,922 2,295 2,261 2,281 2,448 West Pennine 879 872 809 1,069 1,211 West Surrey 1,321 1,377 1,374 1,418 1,435 West Sussex 1,053 1,119 1,100 1,194 1,280 Wigan and Bolton 1,062 1,130 1,119 1,182 1,160 Wiltshire 787 891 886 982 1,117 Wirral 765 858 803 845 815 Wolverhampton 478 510 455 578 757 Worcestershire 946 1,051 900 1,067 1,044 Bro Taf 1,507 1,602 1,573 1,620 1,660 Dyfed Powys 876 954 949 915 973 Gwent 1,228 1,372 1,310 1,271 1,285 Morgannwg 1,225 1,200 1,183 1,210 1,110 North Wales 1,598 1,598 1,512 1,441 1,472 Total 123,886 131,900 128,258 131,474 134,611 1 A time series is not possible for these health authorities as there were boundary changes between 1997 and 2001. Note:
Prepared by Statistics Division 3G, Department of Health.