§ Ms. Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the birth rate, broken down into separate age groups, for residents of England and Wales from 1968 to 1982.
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Age-specific Fertility Rates: All Live Births per 1,000 Women in the Age-group Age of mother at birth Year 15–44 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 1968 87.9 49.2 163.3 163.3 89.2 40.3 10.4 0.7 1969 85.6 49.9 157.4 158.4 84.9 37.3 9.5 0.6 1970 84.3 49.4 156.1 154.7 80.1 34.7 8.6 0.6 1971 84.0 51.0 154.5 154.5 77.7 32.8 8.1 0.5 1972 77.5 48.2 141.7 142.7 69.9 29.0 7.1 0.4 1973 71.7 44.0 131.0 135.3 63.6 24.6 6.1 0.5 1974 67.6 40.5 123.7 129.7 60.3 21.6 5.4 0.4 1975 63.4 36.5 115.2 123.1 58.5 20.0 4.8 0.4 1976 60.9 32.4 110.5 119.9 57.8 18.7 4.4 0.3 1977 58.7 29.8 104.7 119.0 59.1 18.3 4.1 0.3 1978 60.7 29.9 107.9 123.9 63.9 19.7 4.2 0.4 1979 64.1 30.8 112.2 132.8 70.0 21.5 4.3 0.4 1980 65.0 30.9 114.1 135.8 71.3 22.6 4.3 0.5 1981 61.3 28.1 105.3 129.1 68.6 21.7 4.4 0.5
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe following table gives the available information about births in England and Wales. Figures for 1982 are not yet available.