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Written Answers
1 DECEMBER 2010
Written Answers
886W
Department in respect of questions tabled in (a) the
House of Lords and (b) House of Commons is
circulated to departments within three days of the
question being tabled; and if he will make a statement;
[26648]
(2) what recent estimate he has made of the number
of questions to Government tabled in the House of
Lords that remain unanswered after 10 working days as
a result of the timing of circulation of guidance on
answering round robins; what recent representations he
has received from Cabinet colleagues about the issue;
and if he will make a statement. [26649]
Mr Maude: All Ministers are responsible and accountable
for the answers given to parliamentary questions within
specified deadlines. In the case of questions that are
deemed to be “round robin”, The Guide to Parliamentary
Work, published by the Leader of the House of Commons
www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/government-business/
parliamentary-business.aspx
states that Departments should not delay preparing an
answer until “round robin” advice is provided, and
should not miss the target deadlines for this reason.
HEALTH
Answers received for publication on
Monday 29 November 2010.
Abortion
Mr Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health
how many women aged (a) 18 to 24 years and (b) 25
to 30 years in each strategic health authority area who
had had (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three, (iv) four, (v) five, (vi)
six, (vii) seven, (viii) eight, (ix) nine and (x) 10 or more
previous abortions had an abortion in 2009. [26652]
Anne Milton: Information on previous abortions by
age group and strategic health authority in 2009 is
shown in the following table. The data have been provided
for age groups 25 to 29 years for consistency with data
published in the Department’s statistical bulletin.
Information on previous abortions is extracted from the
HSA4 abortion notification forms submitted to the
chief medical officer (CMO). These data show the total
number of abortions notified to CMO and not data for
individual women as more than one form may be received
for a woman in a calendar year.
Abortions by age group, strategic health authority and number of
previous abortions, residents of England and Wales, 2009
Age group
Strategic
health
authority
England and
Wales
Number of
previous
abortions 18-24 25-29
0 55,086 23,817
1 17,746 12,392
2 — 3,262
3 — 828
4 — 242
5 — 70
6ormore — —
Abortions by age group, strategic health authority and number of
previous abortions, residents of England and Wales, 2009
Age group
Strategic
health
authority
East of
England
East
Midlands
Number of
previous
abortions 18-24 25-29
Total 76,900 40,634
0 4,616 1,969
1 1,434 1,020
2 — 277
3ormore — 98
Total 6,383 3,364
0 3,898 1,485
1 1,021 660
2 — 164
3ormore — 57
Total 5,121 2,366
London 0 10,691 6,505
1 4,556 3,662
2 — 1,103
3 or more — 462
Total 16,555 11,732
North East 0 2,490 883
1 630 415
2 — 102
3ormore — 28
Total 3,230 1,428
North West 0 8,070 3,078
1 2,467 1,530
2 — 353
3 or more — 108
Total 11,016 5,069
South Central 0 3,190 1,392
1 993 631
2 — 176
3ormore — 53
Total 4,402 2,252
South East 0 3,671 1,429
1 1,212 865
2 — 219
3ormore — 81
Total 5,172 2,594
South West 0 4,209 1,520
1 1,096 702
2 — 144
3ormore — 44
Total 5,520 2,410