§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the numbers and proportions of births by ethnic origin for each of the last four years, divided into the smallest periods for which such statistics are available.
§ Sir George Young[pursuant to his reply, 17 April 1980, c. 710]: The following table shows numbers of births occuring in England and Wales analysed by the birthplace of the mother for half years for the period mid-1975 to mid-1979. 215W
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BIRTHS OCCURRING IN ENGLAND AND WALES, ANALYSED BY BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER Thousands Country of birth of mother 2nd half 1975 1st half 1976 2nd half 1976 1st half 1977 2nd half 1977 1st half 1978 2nd half 1978 1st half 1979 TOTAL … … 292.6 301.9 282.3 285.2 284.0 291.6 304.8 320.8 United Kingdom … … 255.8 265.6 245.6 248.6 245.9 253.8 264.0 279.4 Total outside United Kingdom … … 36.3 35.9 36.5 36.4 37.8 37.6 40.5 41.2 Irish Republic … … 6.3 5.9 5.5 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.9 5.0 Old Commonwealth … … 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3 New Commonwealth Total and Pakistan … … 20.5 20.4 21.6 21.6 22.8 22.7 25.2 25.5 Bangladesh … … 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 India … … 6.1 5.9 6.1 6.0 6.3 6.0 6.5 6.5 Africa … … 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.5 West Indies … … 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.6 Mediterranean … … 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 Remainder of New Commonwealth … … 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.4 Pakistan … … 3.7 3.7 4.5 4.4 5.1 5.2 6.0 5.9 Remainder Foreign … … 8.5 8.5 8.4 8.5 8.8 8.9 9.2 9.5 Not stated … … 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 Note: Figures are rounded independently and may not cast to totals.