HC Deb 25 February 1980 vol 979 cc470-1W
Mr. Bowden

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the number of live births in each of the last 10 years.

Sir George Young

The information for England and Wales is as follows:

Year Number of live births
1970 784,486
1971 783,155
1972 725,440
1973 675,953
1974 639,885
1975 603,445
1976 584,270
1977 569,259
1978 596,418
1979* 637,000
*Provisional.