§ Mr. RuaneTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many births to girls conceiving under the age of 16 years there were in each local authority in Wales in each of the past 10 years.[81332]
§ Ms HewittThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Chris Ruane, dated 20 April 1999:
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question on teenage births.The numbers of girls who conceived at under age 16 and went on to a maternity are shown in the table. The areas shown for each of the years 1992–97 are the Welsh Unitary Authorities which were created in 1996. Information on a comparable basis is not readily available before 1992.
Deaths for persons under 65 in Welsh unitary authorities, 1990–97 Unitary authority 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Blaenau Gwent 198 168 178 151 166 171 180 145 Bridgend 323 282 285 282 263 267 247 268 Caerphilly 358 358 378 373 365 359 386 352 Cardiff 649 602 577 623 576 582 540 574 Carmarthenshire 401 368 384 362 345 384 364 362 Ceredigion 116 131 128 129 122 151 115 113 Conwy 245 204 197 210 219 230 181 229 Denbighshire 181 178 179 186 182 180 197 192 Flintshire 305 299 314 320 302 274 289 273 Gwynedd 261 264 226 220 229 225 216 188 Isle of Anglesey 167 142 145 156 159 139 121 118 Merthyr Tydfil 146 157 130 149 145 130 158 152 Monmouthshire 148 142 149 145 146 145 150 156 Neath Port Talbot 325 321 327 321 329 305 337 290 Newport 313 303 308 317 284 262 268 294 Pembrokeshire 260 237 253 227 211 232 200 212 Powys 257 232 236 237 227 260 227 207 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 557 573 494 566 536 555 534 511 Swansea 501 478 474 497 447 481 415 473 Torfaen 213 202 189 213 206 195 180 180 The Vale of Glamorgan 231 218 209 226 229 196 209 218 Wrexham 269 234 256 286 252 264 267 254 Note:
Boundaries as constituted at 1 April 1996
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Conception by girls under 16 leading to maternity, Welsh Unitary Authorities, 1992–97 Unitary authority 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Blaenau Gwent 8 11 13 13 15 9 Bridgend 17 13 16 20 25 15 Caerphilly 27 27 25 36 33 31 Cardiff 30 26 18 38 37 37 Carmarthenshire 9 9 10 7 10 12 Ceredigion 3 1 3 0 0 5 Conwy 6 9 8 12 15 11 Denbigshire 5 6 8 4 8 7 Flintshire 8 14 9 10 12 10 Gwynedd 10 8 7 4 12 9 Isle of Anglesey 6 8 5 5 5 1 Merthyr Tydfil 15 11 14 12 6 9 Monmouthshire 5 2 4 6 9 3 Neath Port Talbot 7 11 6 21 9 10 Newport 15 17 23 14 14 19 Pembrokeshire 1 7 6 7 10 5 Powys 4 5 1 6 7 4 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 23 26 24 37 38 42 Swansea 11 14 18 25 31 30 Torfaen 9 9 17 11 17 9 The Vale of Glamorgan 9 4 12 10 11 16 Wrexhan 12 9 8 13 13 14 Wales 240 247 255 311 337 308