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Childbirth

Harry Cohen: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many home births there were (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of all births in each region of England in each year since 1997. [225888]

Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated October 2008:


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Number of women giving birth at home( 1) by Government Office Region in England, 1997 to 2006

 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

North East

336

303

261

252

289

276

280

328

324

394

North West

1,162

1,039

1,010

919

866

937

1,083

1,244

1,452

1,611

Yorkshire and the Humber

893

949

894

985

845

877

952

1,019

1,102

1,266

East Midlands

856

883

891

860

815

914

997

1,082

1,276

1,495

West Midlands

1,033

949

895

836

860

807

978

979

1,146

1,207

East

1,800

1,763

1,737

1,643

1,607

1,837

1,864

2,051

2,316

2,520

London

2,585

2,400

2,262

2,199

2,060

2,004

2,008

2,037

2,369

2,664

South East

2,899

2,805

2,731

2,584

2,464

2,569

2,667

2,835

3,220

3,530

South West

2,057

2,013

1,880

1,830

1,737

1,834

1,917

1,950

2,130

2,236

England

13,621

13,104

12,561

12,108

11,543

12,055

12,746

13,525

15,335

16,923

(1). The figures provided show the number of women who. gave birth at home, i.e. home maternities, rather than the number of babies born at home.

Number of women giving birth at home( 1) as a percentage of all maternities in each Government Office Region, 1997 to 2006
Percentage

 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

North East

1.2

1.1

0.9

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.2

1.2

1.4

North West

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.8

1.9

Yorkshire and the Humber

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.8

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.7

1.8

2.0

East Midlands

1.8

1.8

1.9

1.9

1.8

2.0

2.1

2.3

2.6

3.0

West Midlands

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.5

1.5

1.8

1.8

East

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.7

3.1

3.0

3.2

3.6

3.8

London

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.8

2.1

2.2

South East

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.9

2.8

3.0

2.9

3.1

3.5

3.6

South West

3.8

3.8

3.6

3.7

3.6

3.8

3.8

3.8

4.1

4.1

England

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.5

2.7

(1) The figures provided show the percentage of women who gave birth at home as a percentage of all women who gave birth, i.e. percentage of home maternity rather than the percentage of babies born at home.

Andrew George: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) live births and (b) stillbirths there were in each region of England in 2007. [225948]

Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated October 2008:

Number of live births and provisional number of stillbirths in each Government office region of England, 2007

 Live births Stillbirths( 1)

North East

29,582

147

North West

85,947

475

Yorkshire and the Humber

64,191

375

East Midlands

52,482

234

West Midlands

70,098

377

East

69,311

307

London

125,505

777

South East

101,238

467

South West

57,003

239

England

655,357

3,398

(1) Provisional
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