HC Deb 05 March 2004 vol 418 cc1229-30W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many teenage pregnancies there were in(a) Greater London and (b) each London borough in each year since 2000. [158404]

Ruth Kelly

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from John Pullinger to Simon Hughes, dated 5 March 2004:

The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many teenage pregnancies there were in a) Greater London, and b) each London borough, in each year since 2000.1 am replying in his absence. (158404)

The numbers of teenage pregnancies for London and for each London borough, for 2000 to 2002 (the latest year for which figures are available), are shown in the attached table.

Conceptions to women aged under 18 by London borough

: 2000–02

Number of conceptions
Area of usual residence 2000 20011 20021
England and Wales 41,349 40,966 41,868
London 6,041 6,201 6,504
Barking and Dagenham 216 215 238
Barnet 154 143 183
Bexley 139 181 172
Brent 259 236 261
Bromley 160 162 177
Camden 134 125 138
Croydon 347 336 371
Ealing 203 198 187
Enfield 211 249 296
Greenwich 222 272 250
Hackney and City of London3 307 305 301
Hammersmith and Fulham 126 135 143
Haringey 273 281 310
Harrow 84 98 115
Havering 156 134 145
Hillingdon 181 188 206
Hounslow 160 165 158
Islington 172 175 172
Kensington and Chelsea 80 80 80
Kingston upon Thames 75 67 70
Lambeth 358 375 406
Lewisham 275 272 324
Merton 125 126 119
Newham 312 334 328
Redbridge 113 160 151
Richmond upon Thames 52 48 61
Southwark 314 335 346
Sutton 109 112 106
Tower Hamlets 189 218 184
Waltham Forest 214 216 230
Wandsworth 202 173 175
City of Westminster 119 87 101
1 Provisional figure.
2 Provisional estimate.
3 City of London has been combined with Hackney due to its small numbers of usual residents.