§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has to support the work of general practitioners and health centres in reducing the levels of teenage pregnancy by providing contraception and advice for pupils via schools. [67942]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeIn July 1998 the Prime Minister asked the Social Exclusion Unit to work with other government departments building on work already undertaken by the Department of Health to develop an integrated strategy to cut the rates of teenage parenthood, particularly under-age parenthood, and propose better solutions to combat the risk of social exclusion for vulnerable teenage parents and their children. The Department for Education and Employment has been fully involved with this work. The Unit expects to report to Ministers shortly.