Teenage Pregnancies Mr. Ruffley To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many teenage pregnancies there have been in Suffolk in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area. John Healey The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 20 October 2006: As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many teenage pregnancies there have been in Suffolk in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area. (95458) Available figures on conceptions are estimates of the number of pregnancies that resulted in a live birth, stillbirth or termination. Number of teenage conceptions in each Suffolk local authority area for the years 1997-2004 (the most recent year for which figures are available), are shown in the attached table. ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Area of usual residence|1997|1998|1999|2000|2001|2002|2003|2004| ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Suffolk |393 |439 |420 |363 |351 |407 |408 |435 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Babergh |41 |42 |48 |42 |33 |44 |42 |40 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Forest Heath |34 |33 |29 |23 |28 |22 |29 |30 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Ipswich |105 |126 |121 |101 |100 |107 |104 |129 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Mid Suffolk |37 |27 |37 |29 |34 |40 |52 |33 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Edmundsbury |47 |68 |48 |45 |40 |37 |46 |54 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Suffolk Coastal |58 |62 |56 |38 |44 |39 |52 |64 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Waveney |71 |81 |81 |85 |72 |118 |83 |85 | -----------------------------------------------------------------