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Written question asked by Andrew Stephenson (Conservative) on Wednesday, 29 February 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 March 2012. It was answered by Nick Hurd (Conservative) on Monday, 5 March 2012 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Teenage Pregnancy: Pendle

Question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many teenage pregnancies there were in Pendle constituency in each of the last five years.
Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated March 2012:"As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many teenage pregnancies there were in Pendle in each of the last five years. [98239]""The Office for National Statistics produces statistics on conceptions, which are estimates based on the number of live births, stillbirths and legal abortions. They do not include miscarriages and illegal abortions.""The following table provides the number of conceptions to women aged under 18 years and under 20 years in Pendle local authority district in the last five years.""Further information about conception statistics is published on the Office for National Statistics website:""www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/all-releases. html?definition=tcm%3A77-27423"

Table 1. Conceptions to women under 18¹ and under 20¹ Pendle local authority district, 2006-10
Number of conceptions
Age 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Under 18 80 80 95 89 83
Under 20 218 201 234 212 212
¹ Under 18 or under 20 years at estimated date of conception.
Note:
Figures are based on boundaries as of November 2011.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
541 c563W; 98239
Session
2010-12
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Teenage pregnancy Pendle
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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