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date	17/11/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Government is taking to support women from Northern Ireland who are required to travel to England, Scotland or Wales to access abortion services during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	116568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Since the law on abortion in Northern Ireland changed following the Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 coming into force in March 2020, the UK Government has continued to fund arrangements to enable women resident in Northern Ireland to have access to safe abortion services in England under the Abortion Act 1967. The Northern Ireland abortion scheme has been in place in England since June 2017 and the Department of Health and Social Care administers the scheme on behalf of the Government Equalities Office.</p><p> </p><p>The Central Booking Service can also continue to be contacted for support and advice on options available to access abortion services at present. If services are required, all costs of the procedure, including travel and, where needed, accommodation, will be paid for, with no means testing required.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to monitor the services being provided where any women and girls from Northern Ireland are still seeking to access services through this scheme.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/11/2020 12:02:45 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1252840

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to ensure the swift and comprehensive commissioning of abortion services in Northern Ireland by the Northern Ireland Department of Health; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	116569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Following the Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 that the Government made having come into force in March 2020, we have been working to deliver, through the Northern Ireland Department of Health (DoH), the full commissioning of abortion services, in line with the Regulations we made.</p><p> </p><p>Some service provision has commenced on the ground in Northern Ireland through existing sexual and reproductive health clinics across most Health and Social Care Trusts. I and my officials are in regular contact with DoH in order to understand progress towards the full commissioning of services as soon as possible so that women and girls in Northern Ireland have access to high-quality abortion care in a range of circumstances, equivalent to the rest of the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/11/2020 11:36:45 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth