To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the teenage conception rate was for each ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral at the latest available date. (138438)

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 22 May 2007:

As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the teenage conception rate was for each ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral at the latest available date. (138438)

Available figures are estimates of the number of conceptions that resulted in a live birth, stillbirth or legal termination. The government definition of teenagers in relation to conceptions refers to girls aged under 18.

Figures on teenage conceptions are not routinely published at ward level due to concerns in maintaining confidentiality of individuals. Figures are however published at local authority level and figures for the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral for 2005 (the most recent year for which figures are available), are shown in the table below, for girls under 18 and separately for girls under 20. Figures for 2005 are provisional.