asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list those boroughs where births to mothers born overseas or non-British mothers is over 20 per cent., setting out the percentage in each case; and if he will estimate the percentage correction that should be applied to obtain the level of births to those of non-United Kingdom ethnic origin.
The following table, derived from information collected at the registration of births, shows those London boroughs in which more than 20 per cent. of all live births that occurred in 1980 were to mothers born outside the United Kingdom.Information from which correction factors for individual boroughs could be derived is not available.
| Greater London boroughs in which more than 20 per cent, of all live births in 1980 were to mothers born outside the United Kingdom. | |
| London Borough | Percent of all live births in 1980 to mothers born outside United Kingdom |
| Brent | 64 |
| Westminster* | 55 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 55 |
| Haringey | 53 |
| Ealing | 53 |
| Hackney | 50 |
| Camden | 47 |
midwives and of health visitor students working in the National Health Service, for each of the last five years for which records are available.
The information is as set out in the following table:
| London Borough | Percent of all live births in 1980 to mothers born outside United Kingdom |
| Newham | 45 |
| Tower Hamlets | 44 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 43 |
| Lambeth | 41 |
| Islington | 41 |
| Wandsworth | 40 |
| Barnet | 39 |
| Waltham Forest | 38 |
| Hounslow | 37 |
| Harrow | 36 |
| Southwark | 32 |
| Redbridge | 30 |
| Merton | 29 |
| Enfield | 29 |
| Lewisham | 27 |
| Croydon | 24 |
| Richmond-Upon-Thames | 21 |
| * Including City of London | |