HC Deb 17 July 2003 vol 409 c635W
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women have taken an emergency contraception pill in the last year. [124105]

Miss Melanie Johnson

Based on results from the Office of National Statistics Omnibus Survey in 2001–02, it is estimated that approximately 900,000 women in England used hormonal emergency contraception at least once in the previous year.