§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list those boroughs where births to mothers born overseas or non-British mothers is over 20 per cent., setting out the percentage in each case; and if he will estimate the percentage correction that should be applied to obtain the level of births to those of non-United Kingdom ethnic origin.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe following table, derived from information collected at the registration of births, shows those London boroughs in which more than 20 per cent. of all live births that occurred in 1980 were to mothers born outside the United Kingdom.
Information from which correction factors for individual boroughs could be derived is not available.
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Greater London boroughs in which more than 20 per cent, of all live births in 1980 were to mothers born outside the United Kingdom. London Borough Percent of all live births in 1980 to mothers born outside United Kingdom Brent 64 Westminster* 55 Kensington and Chelsea 55 Haringey 53 Ealing 53 Hackney 50 Camden 47 midwives and of health visitor students working in the National Health Service, for each of the last five years for which records are available.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe information is as set out in the following table:
London Borough Percent of all live births in 1980 to mothers born outside United Kingdom Newham 45 Tower Hamlets 44 Hammersmith and Fulham 43 Lambeth 41 Islington 41 Wandsworth 40 Barnet 39 Waltham Forest 38 Hounslow 37 Harrow 36 Southwark 32 Redbridge 30 Merton 29 Enfield 29 Lewisham 27 Croydon 24 Richmond-Upon-Thames 21 * Including City of London