HC Deb 11 March 1971 vol 813 c170W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many girls aged 11 to 12 years gave birth to illegitimate babies in 1960, 1965 and 1970, or the latest convenient year, respectively;

(2) how many girls aged 14 to 16 years gave birth to illegitimate babies in 1960, 1965 and 1970, or the latest convenient year, respectively;

(3) how many girls aged 16 to 18 years gave birth to illegitimate babies in 1960, 1965 and 1970, or the latest convenient year, respectively.

Sir K. Joseph

The numbers of illegitimate births in England and Wales to girls aged 11 to 18 years for 1960, 1965 and 1969, the latest available year, are set out below:

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