To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many births to girls conceiving under the age of 16 years there were in each local authority in Wales in each of the past 10 years.[81332]
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Chris Ruane, dated 20 April 1999:
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question on teenage births.
The numbers of girls who conceived at under age 16 and went on to a maternity are shown in the table. The areas shown for each of the years 1992–97 are the Welsh Unitary Authorities which were created in 1996. Information on a comparable basis is not readily available before 1992.
Deaths for persons under 65 in Welsh unitary authorities, 1990–97
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Unitary authority
| 1990
| 1991
| 1992
| 1993
| 1994
| 1995
| 1996
| 1997
|
| Blaenau Gwent | 198 | 168 | 178 | 151 | 166 | 171 | 180 | 145 |
| Bridgend | 323 | 282 | 285 | 282 | 263 | 267 | 247 | 268 |
| Caerphilly | 358 | 358 | 378 | 373 | 365 | 359 | 386 | 352 |
| Cardiff | 649 | 602 | 577 | 623 | 576 | 582 | 540 | 574 |
| Carmarthenshire | 401 | 368 | 384 | 362 | 345 | 384 | 364 | 362 |
| Ceredigion | 116 | 131 | 128 | 129 | 122 | 151 | 115 | 113 |
| Conwy | 245 | 204 | 197 | 210 | 219 | 230 | 181 | 229 |
| Denbighshire | 181 | 178 | 179 | 186 | 182 | 180 | 197 | 192 |
| Flintshire | 305 | 299 | 314 | 320 | 302 | 274 | 289 | 273 |
| Gwynedd | 261 | 264 | 226 | 220 | 229 | 225 | 216 | 188 |
| Isle of Anglesey | 167 | 142 | 145 | 156 | 159 | 139 | 121 | 118 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 146 | 157 | 130 | 149 | 145 | 130 | 158 | 152 |
| Monmouthshire | 148 | 142 | 149 | 145 | 146 | 145 | 150 | 156 |
| Neath Port Talbot | 325 | 321 | 327 | 321 | 329 | 305 | 337 | 290 |
| Newport | 313 | 303 | 308 | 317 | 284 | 262 | 268 | 294 |
| Pembrokeshire | 260 | 237 | 253 | 227 | 211 | 232 | 200 | 212 |
| Powys | 257 | 232 | 236 | 237 | 227 | 260 | 227 | 207 |
| Rhondda, Cynon, Taff | 557 | 573 | 494 | 566 | 536 | 555 | 534 | 511 |
| Swansea | 501 | 478 | 474 | 497 | 447 | 481 | 415 | 473 |
| Torfaen | 213 | 202 | 189 | 213 | 206 | 195 | 180 | 180 |
| The Vale of Glamorgan | 231 | 218 | 209 | 226 | 229 | 196 | 209 | 218 |
| Wrexham | 269 | 234 | 256 | 286 | 252 | 264 | 267 | 254 |
Note:
Boundaries as constituted at 1 April 1996
Conception by girls under 16 leading to maternity, Welsh Unitary Authorities, 1992–97
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Unitary authority
| 1992
| 1993
| 1994
| 1995
| 1996
| 1997
|
| Blaenau Gwent | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 9 |
| Bridgend | 17 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 25 | 15 |
| Caerphilly | 27 | 27 | 25 | 36 | 33 | 31 |
| Cardiff | 30 | 26 | 18 | 38 | 37 | 37 |
| Carmarthenshire | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
| Ceredigion | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Conwy | 6 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 11 |
| Denbigshire | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| Flintshire | 8 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 |
| Gwynedd | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 9 |
| Isle of Anglesey | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 15 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 9 |
| Monmouthshire | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| Neath Port Talbot | 7 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 9 | 10 |
| Newport | 15 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 19 |
| Pembrokeshire | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
| Powys | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Rhondda, Cynon, Taff | 23 | 26 | 24 | 37 | 38 | 42 |
| Swansea | 11 | 14 | 18 | 25 | 31 | 30 |
| Torfaen | 9 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 9 |
| The Vale of Glamorgan | 9 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 16 |
| Wrexhan | 12 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Wales | 240 | 247 | 255 | 311 | 337 | 308 |