asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what resources he intends to make available to general practitioner surgeries to improve ease

Number of legal abortions by gestation, 1969, 1975, 1980–1983 Residents of England and Wales
Year	Gestation (weeks)
	All	Under 9	9	10	11	12	13	14	15–19	20–23	24 and over
1969	49,829	6,644	5,660	6,702	7,014	6,176	4,826	3,422	7,381	998	174
1975	106,224	25,028	17,614	17,546	14,276	10,179	6,292	3,864	6,658	847	124
1980	128,927	30,851	21,527	21,047	17,047	11,895	7,150	4,224	8,732	1,853	381
1981*	128,581	39,816	18,543	25,242	12,754	12,096	5,024	4,268	8,082	1,480	235
1982*	128,553	41,668	17,503	27,224	11,434	12,129	4,282	4,102	8,222	1,488	197
1983*	127,375	43,860	16,081	26,239	10,601	11,959	4,204	4,157	8,292	1,509	238
* Provisional.

From 1969 to 1980 gestation is calculated as the number of completed weeks between last menstrual period and date of operation. In March 1981 a new notification form was introduced which seeks a direct statement of gestation and the basis on which it is derived.Not stated gestation is included in "All" gestation

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give a breakdown by number of previous children of those women resident in England

I shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.