HC Deb 03 July 2002 vol 388 cc454-6W
Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the teenage pregnancy rate in Burnley was at the latest date for which figures are available. [65545]

Rutth Kelly

I have been asked to reply.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Pike, dated 3 July 2002The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the teenage pregnancy rate was in Burnley at the latest date for which figures are available. I am replying in his absence.(65545) The latest available figures are for 2000. In that year the under 18 conception rate for Burnley CD was 49.0 per 1,000 female population aged 15–17.