Mrs. Curtos-ThomasTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many women under(a) 16 and (b) 20 years have given birth in each of the last 10 years in (i) the UK and (ii) Sefton. [124104]
§ John HealeyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Ms Curtis-Thomas dated 9 June 2003:
865WAs National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the number of women under (a) 16 and (b) 20 years old who gave birth in each of the last 10 years in (i) the UK and (ii) Sefton. (124104)The information on the number of maternities is provided in the table below. Maternities are the number of women who had a birth. This differs from the number of live children born as women who had multiple births are only counted once and stillbirths are included.
Number of maternities for women aged under 16 and under 20, 1993–02 UK Metropolitan District of Sefton Year Under 16 Under 20 Under 16 Under 20 1993 1,565 51,503 6 222 1994 1,540 47,891 10 199 1995 1,713 47,671 5 192 1996 1,845 50,823 6 213 1997 1,820 52,905 8 215 1998 1,742 54,822 9 193 1999 1,681 54,897 6 199 2000 1,675 52,029 9 226 2001 1,606 50,142 3 206 20021 1,508 49,151 4 201 1 Provisional