Abortion

(asked on 13th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions (a) Marie Stopes International and (b) the British Pregnancy Advisory Service have carried out in each year since 2011.


Answered by
Jackie Doyle-Price Portrait
Jackie Doyle-Price
This question was answered on 23rd October 2017

The information requested is set out in the following tables:

Number of abortions by provider for England and Wales residents: 2011 to 2016

British Pregnancy Advisory Service

Marie Stopes International

2011

53,028

54,105

2012 1

55,522

54,982

2013

55,261

57,542

2014

56,847

57,633

2015

57,699

60,670

2016

60,896

59,685


Note:

1 Figures for 2012 have been estimated, due to missing clinic information.

Number of abortions with complications by provider for England and Wales residents: 2015 to 2016

Number of procedures with a complication1

2015

2016

British Pregnancy Advisory Service

2

2

Marie Stopes International

4

15

Note:

1 Complications include: haemorrhage, uterine perforation and/or sepsis and are those reported up to the time of discharge from the place of termination.

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