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Mr. Bowden
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the number of live births in each of the last 10 years.
Sir George Young
The information for England and Wales is as follows:
| Year | Number of live births |
| 1970 | 784,486 |
| 1971 | 783,155 |
| 1972 | 725,440 |
| 1973 | 675,953 |
| 1974 | 639,885 |
| 1975 | 603,445 |
| 1976 | 584,270 |
| 1977 | 569,259 |
| 1978 | 596,418 |
| 1979* | 637,000 |
| *Provisional. | |