Written Question
Monday 19th December 2016
Asked by:
Robert Flello (Labour - Stoke-on-Trent South)
Question
to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what information the Government holds on the number of abortions performed in 2015 in Scotland on Ground E (disability) of the Abortion Act 1967; how many such abortions were performed beyond 13 weeks' gestation; and what the total number of abortions performed in that year was (a) before and (b) after 13 weeks' gestation.
Answered by David Mundell
Abortion law was devolved under the Scotland Act 2016.
The number of abortions performed in 2015 in Scotland on Ground E (disability) of the Abortion Act 1967 was 186. The total number of abortions performed in Scotland in 2015 was 12,082.
The number of these abortions that were performed beyond 13 weeks’ gestation; and the total number of abortions performed in that year (a) before and (b) after 13 weeks gestation are not available.
The published data on abortions provides information on the number of Ground E abortions by diagnosis. Estimated gestation is presented for all abortions and is grouped into under 10 weeks, 10 to 13, 14 to 17, 18 to 19 and 20 weeks and over. The data are available in Table 1 on the Information Services Division (ISD) website from the following link:
https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Sexual-Health/Publications/2016-05-31/mat_aas_table1.xlsx.
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