Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many notification forms were received where the second abortion pill only was taken at home after 10 weeks, in 2019.

In 2019, the number of abortions where the Department was notified that prostaglandin was provided for home use is as follows:

- 52,309 at three to nine weeks gestation; and

- 37 at 10 weeks gestation and above.

The information presented is based on information contained in abortion notification forms (HSA4) submitted by clinics and hospitals to the Chief Medical Officer at the Department.