Abortion: Northern Ireland
(asked on 22nd November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 23 October (HLWS190) announcing further support for women from Northern Ireland seeking an abortion in England, what is their estimate of the number of women who will travel from Northern Ireland to England to seek an abortion in the current and each of the next three financial years.
This question was answered on 30th November 2017
723 women from Northern Ireland accessed abortions in England in 2016. Our planning has considered estimates that range from 1,000 to 2,000 women seeking access to services in England in each of the next three years.