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427755

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Ministers of the Scottish Government on the devolution of abortion legislation to the Scottish Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	16069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>I have had discussions with Ministers on the Smith Commission Agreement and the Scotland Bill. The Secretary of State for Scotland has spoken to women’s groups in Scotland about devolution of abortion legislation, and Department of Health officials have had informal discussions and communication with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on this matter.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 16067 16068 question first answered 16/11/2015 18:00:57 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

427756

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with organisations representing women in (a) Scotland, (b) England and (c) Wales on the devolution of abortion legislation to the Scottish Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	16068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>I have had discussions with Ministers on the Smith Commission Agreement and the Scotland Bill. The Secretary of State for Scotland has spoken to women’s groups in Scotland about devolution of abortion legislation, and Department of Health officials have had informal discussions and communication with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on this matter.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 16067 16069 question first answered 16/11/2015 18:00:57 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

427757

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges on the devolution of abortion legislation to the Scottish Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	16067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>I have had discussions with Ministers on the Smith Commission Agreement and the Scotland Bill. The Secretary of State for Scotland has spoken to women’s groups in Scotland about devolution of abortion legislation, and Department of Health officials have had informal discussions and communication with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on this matter.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 16068 16069 question first answered 16/11/2015 18:00:57 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

388703

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Abortion: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his policy is on retaining abortion law as a reserved matter for the UK Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	6074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The Smith Commission Agreement stated that the parties are strongly of the view to recommend the devolution of abortion and regard it as an anomalous health reservation. They agree that further serious consideration should be given to its devolution and a process should be established immediately to consider the matter further.</p><p>In keeping with the Government’s commitment to implement the Smith Commission Agreement in full, the UK and Scottish Governments have established a process to consider this matter further. It is right that this process is able to take place and that this issue is given full and careful consideration.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 15/07/2015 12:22:09 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

63671

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women resident in Scotland have had a late termination after 20 weeks which took place in England in each of the last 10 years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	202077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>Women resident in Scotland, who had an abortion in England or Wales, by gestation 2004-2013 is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Gestation</p><p>20 + weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/07/2014 13:02:20 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash