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Written question asked by Diane Abbott (Labour) on Thursday, 22 March 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 March 2012. It was answered by Anne Milton (Conservative) on Monday, 16 April 2012 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Abortion

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the number of repeat abortions performed on (a) married and (b) unmarried women aged (i) under 16, (ii) under 18, (iii) 18 or 19, (iv) between 20 and 29, (v) between 30 and 34 and (vi) 35 years and over in each primary care trust area in (A) 2010, (B) 2011 and (C) the latest period for which figures are available in 2012.
Answer

The available information is provided in tables, which have been placed in the Library. The first shows repeat abortions by age but not marital status. The second table shows repeat abortions by age and marital status.Abortion statistics for 2011 will be published in May 2012 and 2012 data will be published in 2013.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
102086; 543 c93W
Session
2010-12
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2012-0632
Monday, 16 April 2012
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Abortion
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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