Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many live births there were in the Barking Birth Centre in each (a) calendar month and (b) week between January and November 2023.
The Department does not hold the information in the format requested. The following table shows the average number of births per week in Barking Birth Centre between January 2023 to June 2023, as the centre closed for live births from that date:
Month and year | Average number of births per week |
Jan-23 | 1.75 |
Feb-23 | 1.25 |
Mar-23 | 1.5 |
Apr-23 | 2.5 |
May-23 | 1.75 |
Jun-23 | N/A |