§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the estimates of total births, births to mothers of non-United Kingdom or Irish origin and births 234W to mothers of New Commonwealth and Pakistan origin, both in numerical and percentage terms for each of the last 20 years.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe following table shows the information collected at the registration of births to women born outside the British Isles and in the New Commonwealth and Pakistan respectively. The figures include births to women of British origin and descent who were born outside the British Isles. On the other hand, they exclude births to women of overseas origin who were themselves born in the United Kingdom. There is additional information for 1983 and 1984 from the Labour Force Survey. Taken in conjunction with the information from birth registration, this suggests that the total number of births to mothers of New Commonwealth and Pakistan origin may currently be about 60,000 a year, or about 8.5 per cent. of all births occurring in Great Britain.
Births by birthplace of mother, 1970 to 1984—Great Britain Year Total births Births to mothers born outside British Isles Births to mothers born in the NCWP countries Number Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total 1970* 871,821 78,817 9.0 46,896 5.4 1971 869,883 74,103 8.5 46,031 5.3 1972 803,990 68,675 8.5 43,838 5.5 1973 750,344 64,889 8.6 41,876 5.6 1974 709,977 63,178 8.9 40,828 5.8 1975 671,388 62,279 9.3 40,850 6.1 1976 649,165 63,916 9.8 42,915 6.6 1977 631,601 66,691 10.6 45,410 7.2 1978 660,712 71,309 10.8 49,124 7.4 1979 706,394 76,791 10.9 53,508 7.6 1980 725,126 80,767 11.1 56,836 7.8 1981 703,546 77,626 11.0 54,619 7.8 1982 692,127 77,153 11.1 54,712 7.9 1983 694,212 75,965 10.9 53,598 7.7 1984 701,924 76,855 10.9 53,963 7.7 * 1970 is the first year for which this information was collected.