HL Deb 24 February 1970 vol 308 cc44-6WA
BARONESS WOOTTON OF ABINGER

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What proportion of total live births in each of the past five years were illegitimate, and what proportion were born in the first eight months of marriage.

BARONESS SEROTA

The figures for England and Wales are as follows:

Illegitimate live births as a percentage of total live births Live births* to women married less than eight months as a percentage of total live births
1964 7.2 7.8
1965 7.7 8.2
1966 7.9 8.4
1967 8.4 8.9
1968 8.5 9.1
* Legitimate live births to women married only once.

House adjourned at twenty-five minutes past four o'clock.