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Teenage Pregnancy: Greater London

Sarah Teather: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many underage pregnancies were recorded in each London borough in each of the last five years, broken down by ethnic group. [127739]

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.


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Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 19 March 2007:

Number of conceptions to girls aged under 16 years by area of usual residence, London, 2001-2005( 1)
Area of usual residence 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005( 1)

London

1,252

1,229

1,247

1,128

1,060

Camden LB

22

25

23

14

26

Hackney LB and City of London

62

56

62

52

37

Hammersmith and Fulham LB

22

21

25

11

22

Haringey LB

59

59

46

62

39

Islington LB

37

30

33

35

34

Kensington and Chelsea LB

14

13

8

5

9

Lambeth LB

80

95

100

64

67

Lewisham LB

61

70

74

59

64

Newham LB

71

59

45

47

36

Southwark LB

68

77

83

66

57

Tower Hamlets LB

42

34

28

35

25

Wandsworth LB

48

41

39

27

26

Westminster, City of LB

20

17

17

8

12

Barking and Dagenham LB

51

43

44

42

38

Barnet LB

34

27

38

34

30

Bexley LB

34

36

27

36

32

Brent LB

52

50

54

49

53

Bromley LB

33

38

39

36

36

Croydon LB

72

68

57

63

66

Baling LB

31

32

29

32

30

Enfield LB

43

51

58

46

35

Greenwich LB

51

45

45

49

48

Harrow LB

24

21

18

25

16

Havering LB

23

18

29

25

35

Hillingdon LB

37

39

48

50

39

Hounslow LB

38

25

34

36

26

Kingston upon Thames LB

9

8

9

9

12

Merton LB

20

22

27

24

24

Redbridge LB

26

28

25

25

21

Richmond upon Thames LB

10

9

8

12

11

Sutton LB

17

23

25

20

21

Waltham Forest LB

41

49

50

30

33

(1) Figures for 2005 are provisional.
Note:
To preserve confidentiality, counts for City of London have been combined with those for Hackney LB.

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Water Charges: Low Incomes

Dr. Kumar: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide additional assistance to (a) low income families and (b) pensioners to pay for water bills. [127968]

Dawn Primarolo: Since 1997 the Government have provided significant additional financial assistance to families and pensioners to help them meet all their living costs. Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit are the main tools for directing financial support to families. From April 2007, financial support for all two children families will be at least £1,570, with the poorest receiving £5,810.

From April, the basic state pension will increase by £3.05 to £87.30 a week, the biggest increase in the basic state pension since 2001; and the pension credit guarantee will see its biggest cash rise: by £5 to £119.05 a week for a single person and by £7.65 to £181.70 for a couple.

Welfare Tax Credits

Andrew Selous: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reason tax credit repayments cannot be taken from future payments when a single claim becomes a joint claim by a couple; and if he will make a statement. [124660]

Dawn Primarolo [holding answer 2 March 2007]: Entitlement to a tax credit award comes to an end where an individual who has made a single claim becomes part of a couple. Tax credit legislation does not allow recovery from a subsequent partner where the overpayment arose from an earlier award to which that person had neither claimed nor benefited.

Any overpayment on the single claim can be collected over 12 months. In cases of hardship, HMRC will consider recovering over a longer periods if appropriate.

Written Questions

Andrew Selous: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to provide a substantive reply to question 124660, tabled on 27 February 2007. [128085]

Dawn Primarolo: I have done so.

Health

Accident and Emergency Departments

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many admissions there were to accident and emergency departments in 2006, broken down by (a) type and (b) strategic health authority (SHA); and what proportion of the resident population of each SHA the latter figure represents. [126550]

Andy Burnham: Information on the number of emergency admissions via accident and emergency (A&E) departments for January to December 2006,
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broken down by A&E type and strategic health authority, is show in the following table.


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