§ Simon HughesTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many teenage pregnancies there were in(a) Greater London and (b) each London borough in each year since 2000. [158404]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
1230WLetter from John Pullinger to Simon Hughes, dated 5 March 2004:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many teenage pregnancies there were in a) Greater London, and b) each London borough, in each year since 2000.1 am replying in his absence. (158404)
The numbers of teenage pregnancies for London and for each London borough, for 2000 to 2002 (the latest year for which figures are available), are shown in the attached table.
Conceptions to women aged under 18 by London borough : 2000–02
Number of conceptions Area of usual residence 2000 20011 20021 England and Wales 41,349 40,966 41,868 London 6,041 6,201 6,504 Barking and Dagenham 216 215 238 Barnet 154 143 183 Bexley 139 181 172 Brent 259 236 261 Bromley 160 162 177 Camden 134 125 138 Croydon 347 336 371 Ealing 203 198 187 Enfield 211 249 296 Greenwich 222 272 250 Hackney and City of London3 307 305 301 Hammersmith and Fulham 126 135 143 Haringey 273 281 310 Harrow 84 98 115 Havering 156 134 145 Hillingdon 181 188 206 Hounslow 160 165 158 Islington 172 175 172 Kensington and Chelsea 80 80 80 Kingston upon Thames 75 67 70 Lambeth 358 375 406 Lewisham 275 272 324 Merton 125 126 119 Newham 312 334 328 Redbridge 113 160 151 Richmond upon Thames 52 48 61 Southwark 314 335 346 Sutton 109 112 106 Tower Hamlets 189 218 184 Waltham Forest 214 216 230 Wandsworth 202 173 175 City of Westminster 119 87 101 1 Provisional figure. 2 Provisional estimate. 3 City of London has been combined with Hackney due to its small numbers of usual residents.