PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Abortion: Neural Tube Defects (27 April 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the socio-economic groups to which those deciding to have a termination of pregnancy after the 20 week scan of a neural tube defect-affected pregnancy belong.

Asked by:
Anna Turley (Labour)

Information on the socio-economic group for women having abortions is not collected centrally.

In 2014, 442 abortions were performed because of neural tube defects; 34% of these were performed at 20 weeks gestation or over.

Answered by:
Jane Ellison (Conservative)
9 May 2016