Abortion

(asked on 25th July 2023) - View Source

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.


Answered by
Lord Markham Portrait
Lord Markham
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
This question was answered on 3rd August 2023

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

Notes:

  1. Figures for England and Wales are for all legal abortions that occurred in England & Wales.
  2. Figures for Scotland show all legal terminations of pregnancy performed in Scotland.
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