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Mrs. Curtos-Thomas
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many women under (a) 16 and (b) 20 years have given birth in each of the last 10 years in (i) the UK and (ii) Sefton. [124104]
John Healey
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Ms Curtis-Thomas dated 9 June 2003:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the number of women under (a) 16 and (b) 20 years old who gave birth in each of the last 10 years in (i) the UK and (ii) Sefton. (124104)
The information on the number of maternities is provided in the table below. Maternities are the number of women who had a birth. This differs from the number of live children born as women who had multiple births are only counted once and stillbirths are included.
Number of maternities for women aged under 16 and under 20, 1993–02
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UK
| Metropolitan District of Sefton
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Year
| Under 16
| Under 20
| Under 16
| Under 20
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| 1993 | 1,565 | 51,503 | 6 | 222 |
| 1994 | 1,540 | 47,891 | 10 | 199 |
| 1995 | 1,713 | 47,671 | 5 | 192 |
| 1996 | 1,845 | 50,823 | 6 | 213 |
| 1997 | 1,820 | 52,905 | 8 | 215 |
| 1998 | 1,742 | 54,822 | 9 | 193 |
| 1999 | 1,681 | 54,897 | 6 | 199 |
| 2000 | 1,675 | 52,029 | 9 | 226 |
| 2001 | 1,606 | 50,142 | 3 | 206 |
| 20021 | 1,508 | 49,151 | 4 | 201 |
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