Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many legal abortions have taken place (1) cumulatively, and (2) annually, in Great Britain in each year since 1993.
Information on the number of legal abortions which have taken place cumulatively, and annually, in Great Britain between 1993 and 2021, inclusive, is set out in the following table:
Year | England and Wales | Scotland | Great Britain | Cumulative Great Britain |
1993 | 168,714 | 11,069 | 179,783 | 179,783 |
1994 | 166,876 | 11,389 | 178,265 | 358,048 |
1995 | 163,638 | 11,143 | 174,781 | 532,829 |
1996 | 177,495 | 11,978 | 189,473 | 722,302 |
1997 | 179,746 | 12,109 | 191,855 | 914,157 |
1998 | 187,402 | 12,485 | 199,887 | 1,114,044 |
1999 | 183,250 | 12,168 | 195,418 | 1,309,462 |
2000 | 185,375 | 11,997 | 197,372 | 1,506,834 |
2001 | 186,274 | 12,128 | 198,402 | 1,705,236 |
2002 | 185,385 | 11,870 | 197,255 | 1,902,491 |
2003 | 190,660 | 12,308 | 202,968 | 2,105,459 |
2004 | 194,498 | 12,462 | 206,960 | 2,312,419 |
2005 | 194,353 | 12,665 | 207,018 | 2,519,437 |
2006 | 201,173 | 13,167 | 214,340 | 2,733,777 |
2007 | 205,598 | 13,778 | 219,376 | 2,953,153 |
2008 | 202,158 | 13,908 | 216,066 | 3,169,219 |
2009 | 195,743 | 13,112 | 208,855 | 3,378,074 |
2010 | 196,109 | 12,949 | 209,058 | 3,587,132 |
2011 | 196,082 | 12,558 | 208,640 | 3,795,772 |
2012 | 190,972 | 12,578 | 203,550 | 3,999,322 |
2013 | 190,800 | 11,954 | 202,754 | 4,202,076 |
2014 | 190,092 | 11,787 | 201,879 | 4,403,955 |
2015 | 191,014 | 12,153 | 203,167 | 4,607,122 |
2016 | 190,406 | 12,133 | 202,539 | 4,809,661 |
2017 | 197,533 | 12,546 | 210,079 | 5,019,740 |
2018 | 205,295 | 13,358 | 218,653 | 5,238,393 |
2019 | 209,519 | 13,610 | 223,129 | 5,461,522 |
2020 | 210,860 | 13,896 | 224,756 | 5,686,278 |
2021 | 214,869 | 13,758 | 228,627 | 5,914,905 |
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