Teenage Pregnancy Tim Loughton To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many pregnancies of girls aged between 15 and 19 years there were in England in each year since 1987. Angela E. Smith The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply. Letter from Dennis Roberts: The Director General for the Office for National Statistics has been asked to reply to your recent question asking the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pregnancies of girls aged between 15 and 19 years there were in England in each year since 1987.1 am replying in his absence. (319363). 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 attached provides the number of conceptions among girls aged 15 to 19 years in England in each year from 1992 to 2008 (the most recent year for which figures are available). Comparable figures for 1987 to 1991 are not readily available. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number of conceptions | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Age at conception| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |15|16|17|18|19|Total| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1992 |4,870|11,148|17,269|23,627|28,853|85,767| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1993 |4,786|10,322|16,371|21,948|26,255|79,682| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1994 |5,103|10,602|15,901|21,192|25,036|77,834| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1995 |5,435|11,553|16,334|20,973|24,715|79,010| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1996 |5,984|13,318|19,028|22,581|25,630|86,541| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997 |5,508|13,118|19,638|24,048|25,410|87,722| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998 |5,612|12,820|20,414|26,213|27,822|92,881| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999 |5,281|12,477|19,362|24,888|28,311|90,319| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |5,472|12,323|18,757|24,518|28,263|89,333| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |5,241|12,232|18,759|24,169|27,488|87,889| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |5,275|12,672|19,283|24,330|27,529|89,089| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |5,466|12,485|19,510|24,983|28,071|90,515| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |5,205|12,779|19,633|25,647|29,815|93,079| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |5,435|12,531|19,800|26,287|30,110|94,163| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |5,401|12,301|19,539|26,768|30,862|94,871| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007 |5,571|12,795|19,853|27,181|32,351|97,751| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2008 |5,219|12,209|19,434|26,746|31,340|94,948| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Figures on conceptions are estimates based on the number of live births, stillbirths or legal abortions. They do not include miscarriages and illegal abortions. 2 Age at estimated date of conception. 3 Women usually resident in England. Based on boundaries as of 2009. 4 Figures for 2008 are provisional.| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------