Skip to main content

Home Births

Volume 474: debated on Monday 31 March 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many home births there were in each of the last 10 years. (197338)

I have been asked to reply.

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 31 March 2008:

As the National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question about how many home births there have been in each of the last 10 years. (197338)

The latest year for which figures are available is 2006. The table below shows the number of women who gave birth at home in England and Wales in the years 1997-2006.

Number of women who gave birth at home, England and Wales, 1997 to 2006

Number

1997

14,412

1998

13,815

1999

,13,271

2000

12,803

2001

12,115

2002

12,697

2003

13,590

2004

14,506

2005

16,501

2006

18,100