§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many conceptions resulted in abortions in women aged(a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years in each year since 2000, broken down by strategic health authority; and if he will make a statement. [174525]
§ John HealeyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Amess, dated 20 May 2004:
1199WAs National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking for the number of conceptions leading to an abortion for women aged between 11 and 19 for each year since 2000. (174525)The number of conceptions leading to an abortion, at ages under 14 and by single year for ages 14 to 19, are shown in the attached tables. The information is provided for all strategic health authorities in England, for the years 2000 and 2001. This is the most recent year for which figures are available.In order to protect the confidentiality of individuals, ONS does not publish these figures by single year of age below age 14, given the small number of cases.
Number of conceptions leading to an abortion to women under 20 by age England and Wales, strategic health authority, 2001 (provisional)
Age at conception Area Under 14 14 15 16 17 18 19 England and Wales 219 1,154 3,025 5,993 8,323 9,666 10,312 England 211 1,087 2,840 5,638 7,925 9,198 9,838 County Durham and Tees Valley 5 29 56 114 169 181 175 Northumberland, Tyne & Wear 6 37 97 157 219 250 250 Cheshire & Merseyside 7 42 119 311 422 453 454 Cumbria and Lancashire 9 45 115 208 273 306 314 Greater Manchester 10 64 175 312 474 536 525 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire — 39 83 175 243 235 243 South Yorkshire 7 43 94 159 194 219 257 West Yorkshire 10 42 109 217 295 360 362 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland — 33 68 155 212 268 282 Trent 7 55 143 252 322 400 386 Birmingham and the Black Country 18 63 160 330 448 529 518 Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire 5 36 117 168 240 271 314 Shropshire and Staffordshire 7 30 83 178 235 195 223 Bedford and Hertfordshire 6 36 78 153 220 265 283 Essex 6 29 71 159 242 275 281 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 6 36 94 186 245 282 321 North Central London 8 37 78 185 261 364 443 North East London 6 48 146 281 399 500 563 North West London 7 33 108 228 335 480 569 South East London 17 47 138 319 421 523 554 South West London 6 23 85 161 253 256 345 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 6 36 107 166 239 278 334 Kent and Medway 9 33 93 165 250 287 279 Surrey and Sussex 9 47 106 224 319 388 398 Thames Valley 6 32 103 212 301 382 393 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 12 41 95 206 319 316 378 Dorset and Somerset 5 18 50 135 156 159 172 South West Peninsula 7 33 69 122 219 240 222 Wales 8 67 185 355 398 468 474 Note:
To protect confidentiality, figures for certain strategic health authorities are not shown