15 December 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Abortion
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost to the NHS was of the abortion procedures undertaken on non-UK residents in hospitals and clinics in England in 2008. [306031]
Gillian Merron: There is no cost to the national health service for non-UK residents receiving non-emergency abortions as these will be privately funded.
Data for the cost of emergency abortions for non-UK residents is not held centrally. It is important to note that emergency abortions are a rare occurrence. | 