To ask the Secretary of State for Health what targets have been set for the reduction of unwanted teenage pregnancies.
The Government White Paper, "The Health of the Nation", includes the target to reduce the rate of conceptions among the under-16s by at least 50 per cent. by the year 2000. Measures which reduce pregnancies in the under-16s may also be expected to exert a similar effect on unwanted pregnancies in the over-16s.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the rate of (a) births and (b) abortions per thousand women aged (i) 15, (ii) 16, (iii) 17, (iv) 18 and (v) 19 years in each year since 1980.
The information is shown in the table:2. Three separate bands for DHA and family practitioner committee (later FHSA) chairmen's remuneration were introduced with effect from I April 1990.3. The increase effective from I December 1991 was the second stage of the award for 1991–92 and represented 2 per cent. of the I January 1991 rate.4. Increases are rounded to the nearest decimal place.