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Child Benefit
Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what amount of child benefit he estimates was saved as a result of children being in local authority care in the last 12 months for which figures are available; [141836]
- (2) what the annual cost would be of providing child benefit for children in local authority care. [141840]
Dawn Primarolo: Local authorities provide financial support for children in care under section 23 of the Children Act 1989. The amount of child benefit that would be paid in respect of children in local authority care would depend on the rate or rates payable. The total cost to public funds of making these payments would depend on what other changes were made to the financing of the care.
Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the take-up of child benefit as a percentage of those eligible was in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [141839]
Dawn Primarolo: Precise figures are not available, but the take up rate of child benefit is thought to be around 98 per cent.
Pregnancy Statistics
Mrs. Calton: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many pregnancies in females under the age of 20 there were in each year since 1986 per 100,000 population. [141995]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mrs. Patsy Calton, dated 8 December 2003:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many pregnancies in females under the age of 20 there were in each year since 1986 per 100,000 population. (141995)
- Prior to 1987, the method used for calculating mother's age at conception was not comparable to that used in later years.
- The data shown in the attached table are for 1987 to 2001, the latest year available. Please note that these data only cover conceptions that led to a maternity (i.e a live or still birth). Conceptions which resulted in miscarriage or termination are not included.
| Year | Number | Rate** |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 79,227 | 42.6 |
| 1988 | 76,167 | 42.2 |
| 1989 | 74,502 | 43.0 |
| 1990 | 72,825 | 43.7 |
| 1991 | 66,576 | 42.0 |
| 1992 | 61,770 | 40.9 |
| 1993 | 57,303 | 39.3 |
| 1994 | 55,723 | 38.3 |
| 1995 | 56,639 | 38.4 |
| 1996 | 60,485 | 40.2 |
| 1997 | 60,708 | 39.7 |
| 1998 | 63,216 | 40.9 |
| 1999 | 60,661 | 39.0 |
| 2000 | 59,238 | 38.1 |
| 2001* | 57,221 | 36.3 |
* Figures for 2001 are provisional.
** Rates per 1,000 women aged 15–19.
Mr. Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many births to girls conceiving under the age of 16 there were in each local authority area in Wales in each of the past 20 years, expressed as a percentage of the total population of girls under 16 in each local authority area. [142631]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Chris Ruane dated 8 December 2003:
- As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many births to girls conceiving under the age of 16 there were in each local authority in Wales in each of the past 20 years, as expressed as a percentage of the total population of girls under 16 in each local authority area. (142631)
- Population figures by local authority prior to 1991 are not available by single year of age. It is therefore not possible to provide percentage calculations for under 16s for this period.
- Figures shown in the attached table are for 1991 to 2001, the latest year for which data are available.
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| 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births | % | Births | % | Births | % | Births | % | Births | % | Births | % | |
| Blaenau Gwent | 10 | 0.1 | 8 | 0.1 | 11 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.2 | 14 | 0.2 | 16 | 0.2 |
| Bridgend | 10 | 0.1 | 18 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.1 | 22 | 0.2 | 27 | 0.2 |
| Caerphilly | 15 | 0.1 | 28 | 0.2 | 28 | 0.1 | 27 | 0.1 | 36 | 0.2 | 36 | 0.2 |
| Cardiff | 23 | 0.1 | 33 | 0.1 | 30 | 0.1 | 20 | 0.1 | 40 | 0.1 | 39 | 0.1 |
| Carmarthenshire | 7 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.1 |
| Ceredigion | (45)— | (45)— | (45)— | (12) | (45)— | (45)— | (45)— | (45)— | (45)— | (45)— | (45)— | (45)— |
| Conwy | 3 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.2 |
| Denbighshire | 5 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.1 | (45)— | (45)— | 8 | 0.1 |
| Flintshire | 4 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.1 |
| Gwynedd | 7 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.1 | (45)— | (45)— | 12 | 0.1 |
| Isle of Anglesey | 5 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.1 | (45)— | (45)— |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 7 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.2 | 13 | 0.2 | 14 | 0.2 | 12 | 0.2 | 8 | 0.1 |
| Monmouthshire | 4 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.1 | (45)— | (45)— | 5 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.1 |
| Neath Port Talbot | 10 | 0.1 | 8 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 | 8 | 0.1 | 25 | 0.2 | 9 | 0.1 |
| Newport | 21 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.1 | 19 | 0.1 | 25 | 0.2 | 14 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.1 |
| Pembrokeshire | .(45)— | (45)— | (45)— | 1— | 7 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.1 |
| Powys | 7 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.1 | (45)— | (45)— | 6 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.1 |
| Rhondda, Cynon, Taff | 39 | 0.2 | 25 | 0.1 | 26 | 0.1 | 25 | 0.1 | 40 | 0.2 | 39 | 0.2 |
| Swansea | 22 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 | 15 | 0.1 | 20 | 0.1 | 27 | 0.1 | 34 | 0.2 |
| The Vale of Glamorgan | 8 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.1 | (45)— | (45)—. | 13 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 |
| Torfaen | 7 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.1 | 18 | 0.2 | 12 | 0.1 | 17 | 0.2 |
| Wrexham | 13 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 | 11 | 0.1 | 8 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.1 | 13 | 0.1 |
| Wales | 230 | 0.1 | 253 | 0.1 | 267 | 0.1 | 276 | 0.1 | 330 | 0.1 | 360 | 0.1 |
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001(46) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unitary authority | Births | % | Births | % | Births | % | Births | % | Births | %(47) |
| Blaenau Gwent | 10 | 0.1 | 17 | 0.2 | 9 | 0.1 | 13 | 0.2 | 13 | 0.2 |
| Bridgend | 16 | 0.1 | 21 | 0.2 | 13 | 0.1 | 20 | 0.2 | 11 | 0.1 |
| Caerphilly | 32 | 0.2 | 26 | 0.1 | 24 | 0.1 | 28 | 0.2 | 16 | 0.1 |
| Cardiff | 37 | 0.1 | 40 | 0.1 | 34 | 0.1 | 23 | 0.1 | 25 | 0.1 |
| Carmarthenshire | 12 | 0.1 | 15 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 |
| Ceredigion | 5 | 0.1 | (45)— | (45)— | (45)— | (45)— | 5 | 0.1 | (12) | (45)— |
| Conwy | 11 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.1 | 8 | 0.1 |
| Denbighshire | 7 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.1 |
| Flintshire | 10 | 0.1 | 13 | 0.1 | 21 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Gwynedd | 9 | 0.1 | (45)— | (45)— | 5 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 |
| Isle of Anglesey | (45)— | (45)— | 5 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.1 | (45)— | (45)— | (45)— | (45)— |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 9 | 0.1 | 13 | 0.2 | 11 | 0.2 | 11 | 0.2 | 12 | 0.2 |
| Monmouthshire | (45)— | (45)— | (45)— | (45)— | (45)— | (45)— | 5 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Neath Port Talbot | 11 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.1 | 13 | 0.1 |
| Newport | 19 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 | 21 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.1 | 13 | 0.1 |
| Pembrokeshire | 5 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.1 | (45)— | (45)— |
| Powys | 4 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.1 | 8 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Rhondda, Cynon, Taff | 45 | 0.2 | 32 | 0.1 | 25 | 0.1 | 26 | 0.1 | 32 | 0.1 |
| Swansea | 30 | 0.1 | 38 | 0.2 | 25 | 0.1 | 23 | 0.1 | 21 | 0.1 |
| The Vale of Glamorgan | 17 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.1 | (45)— | (45)— | 8 | 0.1 |
| Torfaen | 10 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.1 |
| Wrexham | 15 | 0.1 | 8 | 0.1 | 15 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.1 | (45)— | (45)— |
| Wales | 318 | 0.1 | 322 | 0.1 | 282 | 0.1 | 265 | 0.1 | 235 | 0.1 |
(45) Figure supporessed to prevent disclosure of a count less than 3 or disclosure by differencing.
(46) 2001 conception data are provisional.
(47) 2001 percentages are based on revised population figures. All other years are subject to futher revision.
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