§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number and rate of(a) conceptions, (b) full-term pregnancies and (c) terminations for each of the last 10 years, for girls in the age group 12 to 15 years; and if he will disaggregate this information to the level for which figures are collected centrally.
§ Mr. RichardsThe information available for Wales is shown in the following table. Corresponding information for district health authorities, with rates averaged over three year periods, is published in the OPCS Monitor, "Conceptions in England and Wales 1991: residents of regional and district health authority areas FM1 94/1", which is in the Library of the House.
Conceptions at ages under 16—rate per 1,000 women aged 13–15 Conceptions leading to: Year Number Total conceptions maternities abortions 1984 553 8.6 4.5 4.2 1985 577 9.3 4.9 4.3 1986 510 8.4 4.7 3.7 1987 545 9.6 5.0 4.6 1988 536 9.9 5.4 4.5 1989 460 8.9 4.9 4.0 1990 523 10.4 6.3 4.1 1991 461 9.5 5.0 4.5 Note:
Rates use the mid-year population estimates revised following the rebasing of mid–1991 estimates using the 1991 census of population.