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Written question asked by Baroness Coffey (Conservative) on Thursday, 16 October 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 30 October 2025. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Thursday, 13 November 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Abortion: Statistics

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 25 September (HL10725), whether abortion statistics for England and Wales for the years (1) 2023 and (2) 2024 will be published in 2025.

Answer

The publication dates of the Abortion Statistics for England and Wales publication for the years 2023 and 2024 have not yet been announced. Publication of the 2023 data is provisionally planned for winter 2025/26. We will announce the date of the 2024 data publication in due course.

The statistics have been delayed due to several operational issues. These include issues associated with moving to a new data processing system and an increase in the number of paper abortion notification forms to process.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL11072
Session
2024-26
Related items
Abortion: Drugs
Thursday, 25 September 2025
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Disclosure of information Abortion Statistics
Link
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