Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many abortions were performed after 24 weeks in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, and (c) 2019.
Abortion statistics for 2017 and 2018 are available at the following links:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/abortion-statistics-for-england-and-wales-2018
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/abortion-statistics-for-england-and-wales-2017
The number of legal abortions performed after 24 weeks in 2017 and 2018 is available in the attached table.
The Code of Practice outlined in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 prohibits the pre-release of official statistics before the due date of publication. Data on the number of legal abortions performed after 24 weeks in 2019 is still being collected and requires full quality assurance prior to release. Data for 2019 will be published on 11 June at 9:30am.