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Gibraltar
Lord Hoyle asked Her Majesty's Government:
- Whether a timetable and agenda have been set for the talks between the British Government and the Spanish Government on the negotiations on the future of Gibraltar.[HL4166]
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: Talks under the Brussels Process are continuing. The Minister for Europe met his Spanish counterpart in London on 9 May. They had a friendly and constructive meeting, though substantial difficulties remain. We remain committed to reaching an agreement if possible. The Foreign Secretary will meet the Spanish Foreign Minister next week to discuss Gibraltar among other issues. Rebo
Abortion
Baroness Young asked Her Majesty's Government:
- Whether they will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each health authority (a) the numbers of abortions and (b) the numbers of conceptions per 1,000 under the age of 16 years for each of the past three years for which figures are available.[HL4103]
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter to Baroness Young from the National Statistician and Registrar General, dated May 2002.
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what (a) the numbers of abortions and (b) the numbers of conceptions per 1,000 under the age of 16 years were for each of the last three years for which figures are available, by health authority.[HL4103]
The most recent available figures are for 1998–2000 and are shown in the attached table.
| Conceptions | Abortion | |||||||
| 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 1998–2000 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 1998–2000 | |
| England and Wales | 9.0 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| England | 8.8 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Regional offices and health authorities | ||||||||
| Northern and Yorkshire | 10.3 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Bradford | 9.6 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
| Calderdale and Kirklees | 10.3 | 9.4 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| County Durham | 11.2 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 9.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| East Riding | 11.9 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Gateshead and South Tyneside | 10.8 | 9.8 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Leeds | 9.4 | 10.4 | 8.2 | 9.4 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| Newcastle and North Tyneside | 10.7 | 8.7 | 11.4 | 10.2 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
| North Cumbria | 9.2 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 9.2 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| North Yorkshire | 6.0 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| Northumberland | 7.7 | 7.3 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 |
| Sunderland | 13.7 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 12.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| Tees | 13.8 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
| Wakefield | 10.7 | 11.4 | 8.5 | 10.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| Trent | 10.5 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Barnsley | 13.6 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 10.5 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
| Doncaster | 15.7 | 13.6 | 12.7 | 14.0 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| Leicestershire | 9.1 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| Lincolnshire | 9.9 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.9 |
| North Derbyshire | 7.8 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| North Nottinghamshire | 11.4 | 9.3 | 7.8 | 9.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 3.5 |
| Nottingham | 9.0 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
| Rotherham | 11.3 | 12.5 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| Sheffield | 11.7 | 11.5 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
| South Humber | 12.5 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| Southern Derbyshire | 9.6 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| Eastern | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| Bedfordshire | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| Cambridgeshire | 7.2 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| Hertfordshire | 5.5 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| Norfolk | 6.1 | 7.4 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| North Essex | 6.8 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| South Essex | 9.1 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| Suffolk | 5.9 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| London | 9.8 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 9.7 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| Barking and Havering | 6.7 | 8.4 | 10.8 | 8.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 5.1 |
| Barnet, Enfield and Haringey | 7.8 | 6.4 | 10.2 | 8.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.0 |
| Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich | 9.4 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| Brent and Harrow | 6.7 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 3.7 |
| Camden and Islington | 7.9 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| Croydon | 13.0 | 11.3 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 5.3 |
| Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow | 8.1 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
| East London and The City | 13.6 | 10.1 | 14.2 | 12.6 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 6.9 | 5.8 |
| Hillingdon | 11.3 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster | 5.8 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| Kingston and Richmond | 5.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.5 |
| Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham | 16.4 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.7 |
| Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth | 11.1 | 8.4 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 5.5 |
| Redbridge and Waltham Forest | 7.1 | 6.3 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 4.3 |
| South East | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| Berkshire | 8.5 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| Buckinghamshire | 6.3 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| East Kent | 8.8 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| East Surrey | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.6 |
| East Sussex, Brighton and Hove | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
| Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire | 8.3 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| North and Mid Hampshire | 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| Northamptonshire | 8.9 | 7.9 | 10.4 | 9.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| Oxfordshire | 4.6 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| Southampton and South West Hampshire | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| West Kent | 6.7 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| West Surrey | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| West Sussex | 7.5 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
| South West | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| Avon | 7.7 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 7.7 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| Dorset | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| Gloucestershire | 8.7 | 6.6 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| North and East Devon | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| Somerset | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| South and West Devon | 7.3 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| Wiltshire | 7.4 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| West Midlands | 10.4 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| Birmingham | 11.9 | 9.3 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| Coventry | 10.4 | 9.4 | 11.8 | 10.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| Dudley | 11.5 | 8.7 | 10.7 | 10.3 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| Herefordshire | 6.7 | 5.6 | 9.8 | 7.4 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 4.8 | 3.7 |
| North Staffordshire | 12.0 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 10.0 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| Sandwell | 12.7 | 14.4 | 12.2 | 13.1 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
| Shropshire | 8.5 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| Solihull | 8.5 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
| South Staffordshire | 7.4 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| Walsall | 17.9 | 13.9 | 11.1 | 14.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| Warwickshire | 7.4 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| Wolverhampton | 14.4 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 13.2 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 5.8 |
| Worcestershire | 7.1 | 5.7 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| North West | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| Bury and Rochdale | 10.3 | 10.3 | 9.3 | 9.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| East Lancashire | 10.8 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
| Liverpool | 8.4 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| Manchester | 10.8 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| Morecambe Bay | 8.1 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| North Cheshire | 9.0 | 10.2 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
| North West Lancashire | 9.4 | 9.4 | 10.6 | 9.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.5 |
| Salford and Trafford | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| Sefton | 7.2 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| South Cheshire | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| South Lancashire | 8.2 | 4.5 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| St Helens and Knowsley | 9.5 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| Stockport | 4.2 | 7.3 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| West Pennine | 11.0 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
| Wigan and Bolton | 9.6 | 12.7 | 9.3 | 10.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| Wirral | 8.9 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
| Wales | 10.7 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| Bro Taf | 11.5 | 10.1 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
| Dyfed Powys | 8.7 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| Gwent | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| Morgannwg | 13.7 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 11.0 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| North Wales | 8.3 | 9.8 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
Source:
Office for National Statistics.
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