HC Deb 02 June 1992 vol 208 c465W
Mr. Janner

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children were born in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years; and how many and what percentage of those children were born to parents who were married at the time of their birth.

Mr. Sackville

The numbers of live births in the United Kingdom in 1987 to 1991 were as follows:

Total births Births within marriage Percentage of births within marriage
1987 775,617 598,085 77.1
1988 787,556 589,516 74.9
1989 777,276 570,586 73.4
1990 798,612 575,768 72.1
11991 792,506 556,393 70.2
1 Provisional. Source (OPCS).

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