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Mr. Wigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish figures showing (a) live births outside marriage in Wales as a percentage of all live births and (b) the proportion of births outside marriage which have been registered by both parents in 1961, 1979, 1989 and 1990.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett
The information requested is given in the table:
| Live births outside marriage to residents of Wales | ||
| (a) As a percentage of all live births | (b) Percentage registered by both parents | |
| 1961 | 4·1 | 1— |
| 1979 | 9·2 | 249·3 |
| 1989 | 28·2 | 69·5 |
| 1990 | 29·3 | 70·3 |
| 1 Not available. | ||
| 2 Estimated. | ||