§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many live births there were in each year since 2000. [152515]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Tim Loughton dated 3 February 2004:
830WThe National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question on the number of live births in each year since 2000.I am replying in his absence. (152515)A table showing data for live births occurring in England and Wales and in the United Kingdom in 2000, 2001 and 2002 is provided in the following table. Figures for 2003 are not yet available.
Live births occurring in England and Wales, and the United Kingdom, 2000–2002 2000 2001 2002 England and Wales 604,441 594,634 596,122 United Kingdom 679,029 669,123 668,777
Annual figures for live births are routinely published in Births Statistics Series FM1 for England and Wales and in Annual Abstract of Statistics for the United Kingdom; provisional figures for the most recently available year are first published in Population Trends, the latest edition of which also shows figures for March and June quarters 2003. All three publications are available in the House of Commons Library.