§ Mrs. WiseTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether he has completed his consideration of proposals for further studies of the children of individuals who have received radiation doses from occupational exposure;
(2) whether the data held on the national registry of radiation workers at the National Radiological Protection Board have yet been linked with that on the national registry of childhood tumours.
§ Mr. DorrellThe proposals for detailed epidemiological studies have now been refereed by independent experts and the successful applicants have been notified. Work is expected to start shortly on finalisation of contractual arrangements. The proposal to link data held on the national registry of radiation workers with that on the national registry of childhood tumours is currently being
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(a)Numbers and rates of conception by outcome to women aged 17 to 20, 1970–88 England and wales Number of conceptions (thousands) Conceptions terminated by abortion Conception rates per 1,000 women in age.group Conceptions terminated by abortion Total conceptions Conceptions leading to maternities Total conceptions Conceptions leading to maternities All maternities Live births still births All maternities Live births Still births Age of woman at conception and year of conception 17 1970 27,385 23,673 23,384 289 3,712 84.0 72.6 71.7 0.9 11.4 1971 27,587 22,577 22,319 258 5,010 83.6 68.5 67.7 0.8 15.2 1972 26,574 20,597 20,356 241 5,977 82.8 64.2 63.4 0.8 18.6 1973 25,896 19,759 19,508 251 6,137 78.4 59.8 59.0 0.8 18.6 1974 24,994 18,435 18,236 199 6,559 73.8 54.4 53.8 0.6 19.4 1975 23,349 16,747 16,569 178 6,602 66.9 48.0 47.4 0.5 18.9 1976 21,681 15,165 14,999 166 6,516 60.5 42.3 41.9 0.5 18.2 1977 21,757 15,154 14,987 167 6,603 59.1 41.2 40.7 0.5 17.9 1978 23,518 16,256 16,090 166 7,262 61.2 42.3 41.9 0.4 18.9 1979 24,868 16,694 16,550 144 8,174 63.3 42.5 42.1 0.4 20.8 1980 23,894 15,791 15,664 127 8,103 60.0 39.6 39.3 0.3 20.3 1981 23,179 14,990 14,882 108 8,189 56.8 36.7 36.5 0.3 20.1 1982 22,964 15,049 14,940 109 7,915 55.8 36.6 36.3 0.3 19.2 1983 22,575 14,452 14,342 110 8,123 56.0 35.9 35.6 0.3 20.2 1984 24,209 15,642 15,541 101 8,567 61.4 39.6 39.4 0.3 21.7 1985 24,619 15,922 15,820 102 8,697 64.2 41.5 41.3 0.3 22.7 19X6 24,776 16,101 15,999 102 8,675 64.8 42.1 41.8 0.3 22.7 1987 24,809 15,915 15,810 105 8,894 67.1 43.0 42.8 0.3 24.1 1988 25,423 15,872 15,793 79 9,551 67.6 42.2 42.0 0.2 25.4 18 1970 37,624 33,309 32,904 405 4,315 116.9 103.5 102.2 1.3 13.4 1971 36,656 31,165 30.811 354 5,491 111.7 95.0 93.9 1.1 16.7 1972 35,399 28,943 28,615 328 6,456 106.9 87.4 86.4 1.0 19.5 1973 32,885 26,444 26,165 279 6,441 102.0 82.0 81.2 0.9 20.0 1974 31,439 24,938 24.661 277 6,501 94.8 75.2 74.3 0.8 19.6 1975 29,952 23,555 23,338 217 6,397 88.0 69.2 68.5 0.6 18.8 1976 27,563 21,114 20,871 243 6,449 78.5 60.1 59.4 0.7 18.4 1977 28,270 21,522 21,310 212 6,748 78.6 59.8 59.2 0.6 18.8 1978 30,344 22,842 22,627 215 7,502 81.9 61.7 61£1 0.6 20.3 1979 32,752 24.206 24.014 192 8.546 84.8 62.7 62.2 0.5 22.1 1980 32,093 23,378 23,189 189 8,715 81.2 59.2 58.7 0.5 22.1 1981 30,564 21,894 21,764 130 8,670 76.2 54.6 54.3 0.3 21.6 1982 30,325 21,769 21,626 143 8,556 74.0 53.1 52.8 0.3 20.9 1983 29,860 21,196 21,070 126 8,664 72.2 51.2 50.9 0.3 20.9 1984 31,382 22,302 22,178 124 9,080 77.9 55.3 55.0 0.3 22.5 piloted by the Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys. Final decisions will depend on the outcome of the pilot study.