Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions performed later than 24 weeks gestation received funding from the public purse in the 2016-17 financial year.

Abortion data is collected for calendar year, rather than financial year. Abortions undertaken at 24 weeks and over can only be carried out in an National Health Service hospital. In 2016, 221 NHS funded abortions were performed for residents of England and Wales at 24 weeks’ gestation or later. An additional five abortions at 24 weeks or later were carried out in NHS hospitals but were privately funded.