Written question asked by Fiona Bruce (Conservative) on Friday, 13 October 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 October 2017. It was answered by Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative) on Monday, 23 October 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Abortion

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions (a) Marie Stopes International and (b) the British Pregnancy Advisory Service have carried out in each year since 2011.

Answer

The information requested is set out in the following tables:

Number of abortions by provider for England and Wales residents: 2011 to 2016

	British Pregnancy Advisory Service	Marie Stopes International
2011	53,028	54,105
2012 ¹	55,522	54,982
2013	55,261	57,542
2014	56,847	57,633
2015	57,699	60,670
2016	60,896	59,685

Note:

¹ Figures for 2012 have been estimated, due to missing clinic information.

Number of abortions with complications by provider for England and Wales residents: 2015 to 2016

	Number of procedures with a complication¹
	2015	2016
British Pregnancy Advisory Service	2	2
Marie Stopes International	4	15

Note:

¹Complications include: haemorrhage, uterine perforation and/or sepsis and are those reported up to the time of discharge from the place of termination.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 107650
Session: 2017-19
Grouped for answer: Yes
Subjects: Abortion Marie Stopes International British Pregnancy Advisory Service
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Abortion

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