§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the number and rate of(a) conception, (b) full-term pregnancies and (c) terminations for each of the last 10 years for girls in the age group 12 to 15 years; and if she will indicate the levels of disaggregation for which figures are available currently.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information available for England as a whole is shown in the table. Corresponding information for regional health authorities is published in birth statistics series FM1—Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys—and that for district health authorities from 1986 onwards, with rates averaged over three-year periods, in the OPCS monitor, "Conceptions in England and Wales 1991: residents of regional and district health authority areas FM1 94/1", copies of which are in the Library.
Conception at ages under 16 England Year Number 1984 9,096 1985 8,829 1986 8,684 1987 8,590 1988 8,246 1989 7,922 1990 8,111 1991 7,362 19921 7,475 1 Provisional. Note:
1. Rates in the table use the mid-year population estimates revised following the rebasing of mid-1991 estimates using the 1991 Census of Population.
Rates per 1,000 women aged 13–15 England Conceptions leading to Year Total conceptions maternities abortions 1984 8.7 3.8 4.9 1985 8.6 3.8 4.9 1986 8.8 4.0 4.8 1987 9.3 4.2 5.1 1988 9.4 4.3 5.0 1989 9.4 4.5 4.9 1990 10.0 4.9 5.1 1991 9.3 4.5 4.8 19921 9.2 2— 2— 1 Provisional. 2 Data not yet available. Note:
1. Rates in the table use the mid-year population estimates revised following the rebasing of mid-1991 estimates using the 1991 Census of Population.