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Mr. Sproat
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what estimate he has made of the number of girls who, while attending school, had abortions in each of the last five years.
Mr. Moyle
This information is not available. But the number of legal abortions to girls under 16 usually resident in England and Wales is as follows:
| 1972 | … | … | … | 2,804 |
| 1973 | … | … | … | 3,090 |
| 1974 | … | … | … | 3,335 |
| 1975 | … | … | … | 3,570 |
| 1976 | … | … | … | 3,412✶ |
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