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1238349

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Abortion: Sex Selection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the practice of sex-selective abortion internationally.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	96228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>The UK strongly opposes sex-selective abortion, a practice resulting from deep-rooted discrimination against women and girls. The UK supports partner governments' efforts to prevent this discrimination through our programmes and international leadership on gender equality. This includes, for example, ensuring clear policies and effective training are in place.</p><p>Ending sex-selective abortion also requires promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. Through our Strategic Vision for Gender Equality, we are working to ensure every girl has access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, is protected from violence, receives 12 years of quality education and is supported to be economically and politically empowered.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 05/10/2020 14:27:52 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1200245

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Abortion: Sex Selection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2020 to Question 6069, what steps he will take to prevent sex selective abortion under the Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No 2) Regulations 2020.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	54088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>An abortion on the grounds of sex-selection is not one of the lawful grounds for a termination of pregnancy under the Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government takes any suggestion of sex-selective abortion seriously and has conducted a careful study of the data in GB which shows no evidence that it has been taking place.</p><p> </p><p>Data collection and publication on abortion related issues in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Department of Health in Northern Ireland to take forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 08/06/2020 11:13:01 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1172213

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Abortion: Sex Selection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that gender-selective abortions are not carried out in UK.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	6069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>Sex selection is not one of the lawful grounds for termination of pregnancy. It is illegal for a practitioner to carry out an abortion for that reason alone, unless the certifying practitioners consider that an abortion was justified in relation to at least one of the grounds in the Abortion Act 1967 such as a sex-linked inherited medical condition.</p><p>We have no evidence that sex related abortions are taking place in Great Britain. The latest analysis by the Department found that the United Kingdom gender ratio over the period 2013 to 2017 was 105.4 male to 100 female births, which is within the normal boundary. The Department continues to keep this under review.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 28/01/2020 17:21:56 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 3026 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1020398

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Abortion: Sex Selection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department next plans to publish an assessment of the extent of sex selective abortion in the UK.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	199399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department publishes annual sex birth ratio analysis, which provides information on whether there is any evidence for sex selective abortions happening at scale within specific communities in Great Britain. The most recent analysis was published in October 2018 and found no evidence of sex selective abortions occurring in Great Britain over the period 2012 to 2016. The report is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sex-ratios-at-birth-in-great-britain-2012-to-2016--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sex-ratios-at-birth-in-great-britain-2012-to-2016--2</a></p><p> </p><p>The UK National Screening Committee has recommended Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) be a contingent test in the NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme only for trisomy 13, 18, 20 and not for any other genetic marker including sex. Plans are currently underway to make the NIPT test available on the National Health Service for Down’s syndrome, Edwards’ and Patau’s syndromes only.</p><p> </p><p>Sex selection is not one of the lawful grounds for termination of pregnancy. It is illegal for a practitioner to carry out an abortion for that reason alone, unless the certifying practitioners consider that an abortion was justified in relation to at least one of the grounds in the Abortion Act 1967 such as a gender-linked inherited medical condition. Anyone with evidence that sex selective abortion is occurring should report it to the police.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 199400 199401 question first answered 12/12/2018 11:39:19 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1020400

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Abortion: Sex Selection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what structures are in place for healthcare professionals in (a) primary care and (b) other settings to raise concerns on sex selective abortion occurring.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	199401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department publishes annual sex birth ratio analysis, which provides information on whether there is any evidence for sex selective abortions happening at scale within specific communities in Great Britain. The most recent analysis was published in October 2018 and found no evidence of sex selective abortions occurring in Great Britain over the period 2012 to 2016. The report is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sex-ratios-at-birth-in-great-britain-2012-to-2016--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sex-ratios-at-birth-in-great-britain-2012-to-2016--2</a></p><p> </p><p>The UK National Screening Committee has recommended Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) be a contingent test in the NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme only for trisomy 13, 18, 20 and not for any other genetic marker including sex. Plans are currently underway to make the NIPT test available on the National Health Service for Down’s syndrome, Edwards’ and Patau’s syndromes only.</p><p> </p><p>Sex selection is not one of the lawful grounds for termination of pregnancy. It is illegal for a practitioner to carry out an abortion for that reason alone, unless the certifying practitioners consider that an abortion was justified in relation to at least one of the grounds in the Abortion Act 1967 such as a gender-linked inherited medical condition. Anyone with evidence that sex selective abortion is occurring should report it to the police.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 199399 199400 question first answered 12/12/2018 11:39:19 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

806716

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Sex Selection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the prevalence of gender-selective abortion in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	119792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>In August 2015, the Department published an ‘Assessment of termination of pregnancy on grounds of the sex of the foetus’ on the gov.uk website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/abortion-on-grounds-of-sex-of-the-foetus" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/abortion-on-grounds-of-sex-of-the-foetus</a></p><p>A further analysis of birth ratios in Great Britain was published on the gov.uk website in October 2017 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gender-ratios-at-birth-in-great-britain-2011-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gender-ratios-at-birth-in-great-britain-2011-to-2015</a></p><p>No substantiated evidence was found of gender selective abortions taking place in Britain. The Department will continue to monitor this issue closely through repeating the analysis of birth ratios annually, and working with other government departments and researchers. This includes collaborating with a successful applicant to the Economic and Social Research Council on research into son preference and sex selection against females in the United Kingdom, which will look at evidence, causes, trends and implications.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 21/12/2017 16:07:56 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

686171

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Sex Selection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will conduct a more detailed investigation into sex-selective abortions in England which takes into account (a) women born in the UK to parents of a different nationality and (b) the sub-populations within those countries.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	63366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2017 answer text <p>The Serious Crime Act 2015 contains a requirement that an assessment be carried out into evidence of gender abortions occurring in England, Wales and Scotland. In August 2015, the Department published an Assessment of termination of pregnancy on grounds of the sex of the foetus on the gov.uk website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/abortion-on-grounds-of-sex-of-the-foetus" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/abortion-on-grounds-of-sex-of-the-foetus</a></p><p> </p><p>A further analysis of birth ratios in the United Kingdom was published on the gov.uk website in July 2016 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gender-ratios-at-birth-in-great-britain-2010-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gender-ratios-at-birth-in-great-britain-2010-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>No substantiated evidence was found of gender selective abortions taking place in Britain. The Department will continue to monitor this issue closely through repeating the analysis of birth ratios annually, and working with other Government Departments and researchers. This includes collaborating with a successful applicant to the Economic and Social Research Council on research into son preference and sex selection against females in the UK, which will look at evidence, causes, trends and implications and will begin in April 2017.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 10/02/2017 09:52:08 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

421101

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Sex Selection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if Ministers or officials of his Department will meet Jeena International, Karma Nirvana and other organisations representing women who have been the victim of coerced sex-selective abortion to discuss the implications of his Department's assessment of the evidence of termination of pregnancy on grounds of gender.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	11522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <br /><p><em></em></p><p>Officials are happy to meet with these organisations and have already offered to meet Jeena International.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/10/2015 14:04:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

421103

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Sex Selection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department next plans to publish an assessment of the incidence of sex-selective abortion in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	11514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department is committed to publishing an analysis of birth ratios annually; the latest report was published in August 2015.</p><br /><p>Assessments were carried out to inform this analysis and Annex C of the latest publication ‘Assessment of termination of pregnancy on grounds of the sex of the foetus’ summarises the findings with further technical detail in Annex B of the publication; a copy is attached.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 11515 question first answered 21/10/2015 15:09:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name Assessment of termination of pregnancy on grounds of the sex of the foetus 2015.pdf title Sex-selective termination of pregnancy assessment
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

421104

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Sex Selection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of how widespread sex-selective abortion would have to be before it was detectable in nationally-compiled birth ratios.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	11515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department is committed to publishing an analysis of birth ratios annually; the latest report was published in August 2015.</p><br /><p>Assessments were carried out to inform this analysis and Annex C of the latest publication ‘Assessment of termination of pregnancy on grounds of the sex of the foetus’ summarises the findings with further technical detail in Annex B of the publication; a copy is attached.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 11514 question first answered 21/10/2015 15:09:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name Assessment of termination of pregnancy on grounds of the sex of the foetus 2015.pdf title Sex-selective termination of pregnancy assessment
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce