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Mr. Fearn
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of babies were born at home in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales in (i) 1994, (ii) 1995 and (iii) 1996. [5275]
Mrs. Liddell
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Ronnie Fearn, dated 27 June 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply, as Director of the Office for National Statistics, to your recent parliamentary question on the proportion of live births at home.
The percentages of live births occurring at home for the countries and years requested are shown below
1994
| 1995
| 1996
| |
| England | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| Scotland1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Wales | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
1All livebirths outside hospital. | |||