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Young Offenders: Wales

Mrs. Moon: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will take steps to ensure that all young people resident in Wales (a) serving long custodial sentences and (b) with mental health needs serve their sentences in prisons in Wales. [203584]

Mr. Hanson: The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is responsible for deciding where young people who have been sentenced to custody should be accommodated. In making those decisions, its placement team takes account of a range of factors including age, sex, risk factors (including health issues) and where the young person lives. The Government and the YJB believe that young people in custody should be placed in the accommodation most suited to their needs.

Health

Abortion

Mrs. Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Health at which NHS institutions abortions were conducted at (a) 16 weeks, (b) 17 weeks, (c) 18 weeks, (d) 19 weeks, (e) 20 weeks, (f) 21 weeks, (g) 22 weeks, (h) 23 weeks and (i) 24 weeks period of gestation in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [203977]

Dawn Primarolo: Statistics are not published by place of termination but only by residence of the woman. This is in line with the Office for National Statistics guidelines on publication of abortion statistics.

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Mrs. Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many abortions took place in NHS hospitals at (a) 16 weeks, (b) 17 weeks, (c) 18 weeks, (d) 19 weeks, (e) 20 weeks, (f) 21 weeks, (g) 22 weeks, (h) 23 weeks and (i) 24 weeks period of gestation in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement; [203978]

(2) how many abortions took place in non-NHS hospitals or institutions at (a) 16 weeks, (b) 17 weeks, (c) 18 weeks, (d) 19 weeks, (e) 20 weeks, (f) 21 weeks,
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(g) 22 weeks, (h) 23 weeks and (i) 24 weeks gestation in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [204014]

Dawn Primarolo: The information in the following table shows how many abortions took place at 16-24 weeks gestation that were funded by the national health service and took place on NHS premises; funded by the NHS and took place in the private sector under contract; and were not funded by the NHS.

Abortions by gestation 16-24 weeks and purchaser, residents England and Wales, 1997-2006
	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	( 1) 23	24
2006
NHS Hospital	569	409	276	175	182	212	152	128	34
NHS Agency	1,264	1,160	953	837	660	490	383	328	0
Private	169	138	128	99	90	52	81	54	0
Total	2,002	1,707	1,357	1,111	932	754	616	510	34
2005
NHS Hospital	535	385	202	147	186	211	168	115	38
NHS Agency	1,250	1,069	883	812	644	417	300	175	0
Private	187	185	136	106	95	72	71	46	0
Total	1,972	1,639	1,221	1,065	925	700	539	336	38
2004
NHS Hospital	598	383	237	174	202	177	141	111	41
NHS Agency	1,251	1,383	1,047	759	542	535	519	300	0
Private	267	232	211	92	70	66	75	52	0
Total	2,116	1,998	1,495	1,025	814	778	735	463	41
2003
NHS Hospital	572	438	282	217	198	167	137	123	41
NHS Agency	1,235	1,428	1,184	679	524	532	471	324	0
Private	262	274	239	108	61	80	91	83	0
Total	2,069	2,140	1,705	1,004	783	779	699	530	41
2002
NHS Hospital	672	390	301	207	216	184	144	98	33
NHS Agency	1,178	1,238	886	578	497	438	446	341	0
Private	289	308	234	121	69	108	121	94	0
Total	2,139	1,936	1,421	906	782	730	711	533	33
2001
NHS Hospital	602	404	251	201	216	160	95	78	24
NHS Agency	1,035	1,096	814	502	391	440	454	308	0
Private	325	319	253	154	133	123	149	125	0
Total	1,962	1,819	1,318	857	740	723	698	511	24
2000
NHS Hospital	690	408	321	232	237	167	133	102	22
NHS Agency	1,021	898	727	417	338	329	337	248	0
Private	392	345	285	207	135	146	158	125	0
Total	2,103	1,651	1,333	856	710	642	628	475	22
1999
NHS Hospital	697	364	305	281	252	161	117	100	25
NHS Agency	850	822	662	396	310	278	286	239	0
Private	410	383	318	210	160	152	181	140	0
Total	1,957	1,569	1,285	887	722	591	584	479	25
1998
NHS Hospital	677	359	348	253	266	146	121	85	11
NHS Agency	880	887	643	375	288	284	237	195	0
Private	434	424	337	204	141	159	161	151	0
Total	1,991	1,670	1,328	832	695	589	519	431	11
1997
NHS Hospital	640	397	308	259	249	170	116	71	24
NHS Agency	781	757	575	320	183	227	210	160	0
Private	496	456	303	258	146	156	187	144	0
Total	1,917	1,610	1,186	837	578	553	513	375	24
(1) Includes 24 weeks and 0 days.

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