I have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, June 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the rate of (a) conception and (b) pregnancy terminated by abortion was among those under the age of 18 years in Milton Keynes in each of the last five years.(280877)
Figures on conceptions are estimates based on the number of live births, stillbirths or legal abortions. They do not include miscarriages and illegal abortions.
The table below provides the rate of (a) conceptions and (b) conceptions leading to a legal abortion, among girls aged under 18, for Milton Keynes unitary authority for 2003 to 2007 (the most recent year for which figures are available).
(a) Conceptions: Rate per, 10002 (b) Conceptions leading to a legal abortion: Rate per 1,0003 2003 40.4 15.7 2004 41.6 18.6 2005 46.1 23.8 2006 44.5 22.8 20074 39.1 20.7 1 Under 18 years at estimated date of conception 2 Number of conceptions to women under 18 per 1,000 female population aged 15-17 3 Number of conceptions to women under 18 leading to a legal abortion per 1,000 female population aged 15-17 4 Figures for 2007 are provisional