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Child Mothers

Volume 196: debated on Thursday 17 October 1991

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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many girls aged 14 years and under gave birth to children in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years.

The information requested is as follows:

YearNumber
19864
19879
19884
19895
119907
1 Provisional.
Source: Statistics held by General Register Office.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many girls aged 16 years and under gave birth to children in each of the past five years; and how, many of these girls were single.

The information requested is as follows:

Live birthsStill births
YearTotalSingle girlsTotalSingle girls
198617214822
198717015511
1988190172
198917016211
11990154149
1 Provisional.

Source: Statistics held by General Register Officer.