§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the current annual number of births to mothers of New Commonwealth and Pakistan ethnic origin; and how this compares with the number of births to New Commonwealth and Pakistan ethnic parents assessed by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys in its maximum projections of New Commonwealth and Pakistan ethnic populations between the present and 1991.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe latest estimate of the number of births in England and Wales of New Commonwealth and Pakistan ethnic origin, including those of mixed origin, is 60,000 in the period mid-1979 to mid-1980. The "maximum projection" by OPCS was not given for individual years but implied an average of 62,000 births per annum between 1976 and 1986.
§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will set out the percentage of live births attributed to mothers of New Commonwealth and Pakistan ethnic origin for each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe available information relates to the birthplace of mothers. The proportion of births in England and Wales to mothers born in the New Commonwealth or Pakistan is as follows for the years 1971–1980. The figure for 1981 will be published as soon as it is available.
Births to mothers born in the New Commonwealth or Pakistan as a percentage of all births Date Per cent. 1971 5.8 1972 5.9 1973 6.1 1974 6.2 1975 6.6 1976 7.2 1977 7.8 1978 8.0 1979 8.2 1980 8.5