§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the NHS's progress towards meeting the target of a 15 per cent. reduction in teenage pregnancy by 2004. [160916]
§ Margaret Hodge[holding answer 16 March 2004]: Provisional data for 2002 published on 26 February by the Office for National Statistics shows that conceptions among under 18 year olds in England have fallen by 9.4 per cent. since 1998. Data for 2004 will be available in February 2006 on the 2004 NHS interim target of a 15 per cent. reduction in teenage pregnancy.