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Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 15 June 2006:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many girls aged 16 and under (a) became pregnant, (b) had an abortion, (c) gave birth and gave the child up for adoption and (d) gave birth and kept the child in each year since 1985, broken down by (i) age and (ii) region. I am replying in her absence. (75626)
Available figures are estimates of the number of pregnancies that resulted in a live birth, stillbirth or termination.
Number of conceptions to girls aged under 14, 14, 15 and 16 from 1987 to 2004 (the latest year for which figures are available) are shown in Table 1. Figures for 1985 and 1986 are not provided because ONS amended the method for calculating woman's age at conception and revised data are not available prior to 1987.
Conception figures are routinely published each year by region for all girls aged under 16. Conception to girls aged 16 years by region can only be made available at a disproportionate cost.
Number of conceptions to girls aged under 16 by region from 1992 to 2004 (the latest year for which figures are available) are shown in Table 2. There have been Government Office Regional boundary changes prior to 1992 and figures prior to then are not compatible with later years.
Number of abortions to girls aged 14 and under, 15 and 16 from 1987 to 2004 (the latest year for which figures are available) are shown in Table 3. Figures for girls for aged 14 and under are grouped to protect small numbers which may be revealed by previously published data.
Numbers of abortions to girls aged 16 and under, by regional offices in England from 1987 to 2004 are shown in Table 4.
Number of live births to girls aged under 12, 12 ,13, 14, 15 and 16 from 1985 to 2005 (the latest year for which figures are available) are shown in Table 5.
Figures on live births by region have been compiled on the same basis as conceptions and number of live births to girls aged under 16 by Government Office Region from 1992 to 2005 are shown in Table 6.
Information is not available on how many girls aged 16 years and under gave birth and gave the child up for adoption and gave birth and kept the child.
Age of mother Under 14 14 15 16 All under 17 1987 312 1,777 6,538 16,112 24,739 1988 270 1,652 6,336 15,395 23,653 1989 223 1,650 6,077 14,703 22,653 1990 316 1,754 6,069 13,923 22,062 1991 318 1,686 5,476 12,623 20,103 1992 363 1,632 5,222 11,932 19,149 1993 368 1,774 5,125 11,031 18,298 1994 397 1,938 5,460 11,336 19,131 1995 382 1,834 5,835 12,382 20,433 1996 451 1,961 6,445 14,284 23,141 1997 365 1,964 5,942 14,058 22,329 1998 423 1,988 6,041 13,802 22,254 1999 406 1,866 5,673 13,334 21,279 2000 397 1,890 5,827 13,153 21,267 2001 400 1,890 5,613 13,103 21,006 2002 390 1,858 5,627 13,475 21,350 2003 334 1,888 5,802 13,303 21,327 20041 341 1,751 5,521 13,616 21,229 1 Provisional. Source: Office for National Statistics.
North East North West Yorkshire and the Humber East Midlands West Midlands East London South East South West Wales England and Wales 1992 478 1,095 907 641 924 571 867 788 764 470 7,217 1993 560 1,140 825 634 917 563 867 794 502 465 7,267 1994 567 1,172 956 632 1,030 576 965 840 552 505 7,795 1995 627 1,165 894 702 998 608 1,019 890 581 567 8,051 1996 659 1,272 971 737 1,103 647 1,171 1,006 646 644 8,856 1997 621 1,106 971 655 1,012 631 1,141 972 598 564 8,271 1998 570 1,177 972 701 1,035 635 1,152 960 653 597 8,452 1999 499 1,178 919 616 890 627 1,058 963 658 537 7,945 2000 522 1,157 831 631 994 613 1,246 983 643 495 8,115 2001 460 1,068 861 610 934 642 1,252 977 603 496 7,903 2002 460 1,090 928 609 904 650 1,229 952 573 480 7,875 2003 498 1,180 876 606 925 636 1,247 984 606 466 8,024 20041 481 1,074 871 611 898 601 1,127 918 598 434 7,613 1 Provisional. Source: Office for National Statistics.
Age of mother 14 and under 15 16 Total 16 and under 1987 859 2,702 5,623 9,184 1988 811 2,573 5,914 9,298 1989 776 2,449 5,365 8,590 1990 830 2,424 5,014 8,268 1991 839 2,155 4,435 7,429 1992 864 1,963 3,984 6,811 1993 913 2,001 3,401 6,315 1994 978 1,953 4,037 6,968 1995 889 2,177 4,097 7,163 1996 1,023 2,380 4,911 8,314 1997 967 2,279 4,952 8,198 1998 1,032 2,490 5,031 8,553 1999 1,002 2,387 5019 8,408 2000 990 2,559 5,162 8,711 2001 1,009 2,429 5,308 8,746 2002 1,021 2,498 5,357 8,876 2003 1,100 2,644 5,456 9,200 2004 983 2,591 5,433 9,007 Source: Department of Health
Northern and Yorkshire Trent Anglia and Oxford North Thames South Thames South and West West Midlands North West Total 1987 1,285 1,000 432 1,316 1,247 1,353 1,290 1,261 9,184 1988 1,328 988 402 1,339 1,203 1,360 1,258 1,420 9,298 1989 1,287 972 402 1,261 1,112 1,215 1,169 1,172 8,590 1990 1,258 858 361 1,206 1,058 1,272 1,087 1,168 8,268 1991 1,144 804 299 1,075 944 1,025 1,019 1,119 7,429 1992 1,043 726 252 1,029 901 948 899 1,013 6,811 1993 1,083 756 256 662 870 910 850 928 6,315 1994 1,047 760 516 951 956 835 905 998 6,968 1995 1,043 711 684 1,024 1,021 786 901 993 7,163 1996 1,164 906 752 1,187 1,154 922 1,043 1,186 8,314 1997 1,129 880 752 1,214 1,109 897 1,048 1,169 8,198 1998 1,181 917 805 1,213 1,183 980 1,091 1,183 8,553 1999 1,143 936 839 1,417 1,050 946 1,077 1,000 8,408 2000 1,140 880 929 1,424 1,086 1,039 1,131 1,082 8,711 2001 1,067 859 871 1,544 1,091 1,071 1,192 1,051 8,746
North East North West Yorkshire and Humber East Midlands West Midlands East of England London South East South West Total 2002 491 1,264 975 646 1,050 762 1,830 1,169 689 8,876 2003 581 1,306 967 691 1,056 830 1,851 1,192 726 9,200 2004 542 1,328 954 690 1,014 761 1,681 1,286 751 9,007 1 Prior to 1987 there were boundary changes within regions. Source: Department of Health.
Age of mother Under 12 12 13 14 15 16 All under 17 1985 0 2 21 216 1,163 4,431 5,833 1986 0 1 31 190 1,144 4,303 5,669 1987 2 3 20 177 1,103 4,398 5,703 1988 1 3 19 196 1,042 4,494 5,755 1989 0 6 22 180 1,109 4,239 5,556 1990 0 0 16 188 1,102 4,166 5,472 1991 0 2 27 216 1,181 4,140 5,566 1992 0 2 22 200 1,090 3,800 5,114 1993 1 1 26 226 1,149 3,900 5,303 1994 0 6 28 245 1,074 3,651 5,004 1995 1 2 34 248 1,216 4,043 5,544 1996 0 2 32 259 1,331 4,497 6,121 1997 1 3 26 258 1,313 4,500 6,101 1998 0 2 40 245 1,255 4,273 5,815 1999 0 4 35 228 1,204 4,103 5,574 2000 8 5 37 246 1,186 3,825 5,307 2001 8 9 37 241 1,138 3,699 5,132 2002 2 13 46 214 1,076 3,604 4,955 2003 2 7 26 186 1,025 3,621 4,867 2004 1 1 24 183 1,013 3,633 4,855 2005 4 4 15 189 977 3,514 4,703 Source: Office for National Statistics.
Non residents North East North West Yorkshire and the Humber East Midlands West Midlands 1992 0 119 213 166 128 157 1993 0 111 235 173 123 190 1994 0 104 219 137 127 200 1995 2 137 233 191 125 191 1996 1 139 215 170 145 223 1997 1 139 238 195 133 181 1998 2 132 214 197 133 173 1999 0 88 207 198 142 168 2000 1 97 221 183 120 170 2001 0 108 217 143 126 173 2002 0 72 179 159 115 169 2003 0 60 199 147 111 156 2004 1 74 199 139 124 147 2005 0 74 167 146 121 143
East London South East South West Wales England and Wales 1992 84 161 125 88 73 1,314 1993 99 184 124 86 78 1,403 1994 100 153 130 81 102 1,353 1995 105 181 140 102 94 1,501 1996 106 206 162 116 141 1,624 1997 104 211 164 111 124 1,601 1998 95 211 165 107 113 1,542 1999 115 194 157 103 99 1,471 2000 107 177 182 118 106 1,482 2001 100 201 157 115 93 1,433 2002 99 195 160 106 97 1,351 2003 113 139 158 94 69 1,246 2004 79 151 138 103 67 1,222 2005 86 146 135 84 87 1,189 Source: Office for National Statistics
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Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 15 June 2006:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your question about how many girls under 16 years in Salisbury constituency gave birth in each year since 1995. I am replying in her absence. (76984).
Where constituencies are not co-terminous with local authority boundaries, ONS do not generally release figures based on recording of mother's age at birth registration. This is to protect against disclosure of information provided in confidence. Figures are provided for the relevant local authority instead. There were 14 girls resident in Salisbury county district who gave birth under the age of 16 during the period 1995 to 2005, too few to provide figures by year without breaching confidentiality.