Abortion Mr. Amess To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many women were referred by national health service GPs to the British Pregnancy Advisory Service for an abortion in each of the last four years for which figures are available; and what the (a) age of the woman, (b) gestation of the pregnancy and (c) region of residence was in each case; (2) how many early medical abortions were performed by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service at the request of the national health service in each of the last four years, broken down by (a) age of the woman, (b) gestation of the pregnancy and (c) region of residence. Dawn Primarolo The information requested is shown in the following tables. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Age |2003 |2004 |2005 |2006 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Under 15 |233 |192 |206 |235 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |15 |524 |533 |564 |668 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |16 |1,140 |1,224 |1,225 |1,286 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |17 |1,656 |1,750 |1,801 |1,929 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |18 |1,833 |1,990 |1,993 |2,488 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |19 |1,906 |2,181 |2,200 |2,605 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |20 |1,895 |2,131 |2,333 |2,483 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |21 |1,779 |1,967 |1,983 |2,447 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |22 |1,706 |1,945 |2,019 |2,213 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |23 |1,642 |1,805 |1,873 |2,233 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |24 |1,438 |1,803 |1,714 |2,065 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |25 |1,198 |1,506 |1,627 |1,878 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |26 |1,161 |1,241 |1,451 |1,684 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |27 |995 |1,227 |1,167 |1,435 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |28 |913 |1,099 |1,161 |1,393 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |29 |885 |966 |1,039 |1,148 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |30 |856 |963 |952 |1,153 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |31 |786 |891 |926 |1,034 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |32 |749 |831 |914 |992 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |33 |688 |762 |820 |928 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |34 |608 |721 |795 |876 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |35 |601 |662 |674 |832 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |36 |593 |641 |690 |774 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |37 |533 |567 |597 |707 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |38 |443 |521 |526 |597 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |39 |392 |424 |459 |540 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |40 |325 |368 |406 |469 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |41 |244 |298 |289 |415 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |42 |163 |214 |244 |236 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |43 |129 |131 |154 |200 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |44 |57 |88 |92 |121 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |45 and over |165 |74 |86 |145 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |28,136|31,716|32,980|38,209| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Includes age not stated. For years 2004 onwards age not stated are allocated to ages 20-24| | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- | |2003 |2004 |2005 |2006 | ----------------------------------------- |5 and under|188 |347 |916 |1,254 | ----------------------------------------- |6 |1,176 |1,733 |2,959 |3,609 | ----------------------------------------- |7 |3,510 |5,076 |7,004 |7,854 | ----------------------------------------- |8 |5,037 |5,800 |6,101 |7,017 | ----------------------------------------- |9 |3,674 |3,950 |3,589 |4,298 | ----------------------------------------- |10 |3,508 |3,350 |2,851 |3,241 | ----------------------------------------- |11 |2,126 |2,227 |1,777 |2,152 | ----------------------------------------- |12 |2,161 |2,130 |1,766 |1,962 | ----------------------------------------- |13 |1,259 |1,523 |1,165 |1,429 | ----------------------------------------- |14 |950 |1,078 |950 |1,124 | ----------------------------------------- |15 |952 |942 |816 |819 | ----------------------------------------- |16 |539 |555 |627 |631 | ----------------------------------------- |17 |731 |734 |593 |641 | ----------------------------------------- |18 |628 |545 |441 |515 | ----------------------------------------- |19 |393 |399 |470 |450 | ----------------------------------------- |20 |331 |341 |398 |410 | ----------------------------------------- |21 |378 |398 |282 |337 | ----------------------------------------- |22 |355 |351 |165 |240 | ----------------------------------------- |23 |240 |237 |110 |226 | ----------------------------------------- |Total |28,136|31,716|32,980|38,209| ----------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- | |2003 |2004 |2005 | ------------------------------------------- |East |857 |884 |1,075 | ------------------------------------------- |East Midlands |1,349 |1,719 |1,416 | ------------------------------------------- |London |5,053 |5,921 |6,177 | ------------------------------------------- |North West |2,362 |2,814 |2,983 | ------------------------------------------- |North East |41 |51 |54 | ------------------------------------------- |South East |7,502 |8,001 |8,089 | ------------------------------------------- |South West |2,557 |3,156 |3,143 | ------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |6,009 |6,618 |7,095 | ------------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and Humber|2,406 |2,552 |2,948 | ------------------------------------------- |Total |28,136|31,716|32,980| ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- | |2006 | ------------------------------------- |East of England |1,163 | ------------------------------------- |East Midlands |1,698 | ------------------------------------- |London |7,655 | ------------------------------------- |North West |3,367 | ------------------------------------- |North East |56 | ------------------------------------- |South Central |4,632 | ------------------------------------- |South East Coast |4,345 | ------------------------------------- |South West |3,282 | ------------------------------------- |West Midlands |8,570 | ------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and the Humber |3,441 | ------------------------------------- |Total |38,209| ------------------------------------- |1 Changed boundaries in 2006| | ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- |Age |2003 |2004 |2005 |2006 | ------------------------------------- |Under 16 |2— |2— |61 |99 | ------------------------------------- |Under 18 |107 |142 |364 |585 | ------------------------------------- |18 |76 |129 |237 |459 | ------------------------------------- |19 |83 |152 |295 |486 | ------------------------------------- |20 |85 |161 |314 |436 | ------------------------------------- |21 |105 |148 |295 |468 | ------------------------------------- |22 |106 |145 |304 |464 | ------------------------------------- |23 |99 |161 |302 |484 | ------------------------------------- |24 |103 |161 |260 |452 | ------------------------------------- |25 |70 |143 |302 |413 | ------------------------------------- |26 |75 |124 |287 |407 | ------------------------------------- |27 |69 |140 |236 |343 | ------------------------------------- |28 |60 |108 |219 |336 | ------------------------------------- |29 |72 |106 |197 |263 | ------------------------------------- |30 |71 |99 |177 |330 | ------------------------------------- |31 |47 |95 |186 |251 | ------------------------------------- |32 |54 |89 |175 |263 | ------------------------------------- |33 |56 |80 |167 |232 | ------------------------------------- |34 |43 |73 |171 |246 | ------------------------------------- |35 and over|255 |427 |869 |1,282| ------------------------------------- |Total |1,636|2,683|5,357|8,200| ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- | |2003 |2004 |2005 |2006 | ------------------------------------- |5 and under|134 |245 |780 |1,159| ------------------------------------- |6 |465 |717 |1,611|2,581| ------------------------------------- |7 |585 |1,012|1,851|2,757| ------------------------------------- |8 |452 |709 |1,115|1,703| ------------------------------------- |Total |1,636|2,683|5,357|8,200| ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- | |2003 |2004 |2005 | ---------------------------------------- |East |43 |2— |2— | ---------------------------------------- |East Midlands |2— |78 |105 | ---------------------------------------- |London |362 |582 |956 | ---------------------------------------- |North West |74 |97 |196 | ---------------------------------------- |North East |2— |2— |2— | ---------------------------------------- |South East |507 |913 |1,468| ---------------------------------------- |South West |85 |192 |511 | ---------------------------------------- |West Midlands |348 |597 |1,291| ---------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and Humber|173 |171 |734 | ---------------------------------------- |Total |1,636|2,683|5,357| ---------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2006 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East of England |2— | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Midlands |209 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London |1,342| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North West |298 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East |2— | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Central |750 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East Coast |1,085| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West |921 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |2,524| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and the Humber |886 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |8,200| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 SHA changed boundaries in 2006.2 Suppressed totals less than 10 (between 0 and 9) and values where a presented total would reveal a suppressed value.| | 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