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Abortion: Children |
| Question ID: |
1814756 |
| UIN: |
HL8648 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4098 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Coffey
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Baroness Coffey
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government how many abortions in England have been undertaken for (1) children under 16 years old, and (2) 16-years-olds, in the past five years. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-30 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
347 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answer text: |
From 2018 to 2022, latest available data, for residents of England, there were 5,853 abortions for those aged under 16 years old, 0.6% of all abortions for English residents, and 9,530 abortions for those aged 16 years old, 0.9% of all abortions for Engli... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |