Abortion
Health

David Amess (Southend West, Conservative)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health

(1) how many women in Scotland aged (a) 18, (b) 17, (c) 16, (d) 15, (e) 14, (f) 13 and (g) 12 years who had had an abortion in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007 had had (A) one, (B) two, (C) three, (D) four and (E) five or more previous abortions;

(2) how many abortions were performed in Scotland under the Abortion Act 1967 as amended by section 37 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 where the unborn child was suffering from cleft (a) palate and (b) lip, broken down by (i) grounds for abortion, (ii) length of gestation and (iii) health authority in each of the last 15 years;

(3) how many abortions were performed in Scotland in the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by type of procedure;

(4) how many abortions have been performed in Scotland under the provisions of the Abortion Act 1967 in the last 30 years; and how many and what percentage of these abortions were performed in emergency to save the life of the mother;

(5) how many women in Scotland 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, broken down by (a) age of the woman, (b) gestation of the pregnancy and (c) region of residence;

(6) how many early medical abortions were performed in Scotland 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;

(7) how many girls in Scotland, aged (a) 12, (b) 13, (c) 14 and (d) 15 years of age had (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three and (iv) four or more abortions in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Dawn Primarolo (Minister of State (Public Health), Department of Health; Bristol South, Labour)

Data on abortions performed in Scotland are a matter for the Scottish Government.