You asked

Please would you be able to provide me with the birth rates for Portsmouth from 2000 to 2015 inclusive, year by year? Can I please also have the numbers for Multiple births (twins, triplets etc.) separately.

We said

Thank you for your recent query regarding the number of multiple births and birth rates in Portsmouth. The figures requested have been provided in the attached spreadsheet (26 Kb Excel sheet) . Figures for 2015 are not yet available but should be available later this year.

Total fertility rates for 2001-2014 for other local areas are available here: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/business-transparency/freedom-of-information/what-can-i-request/published-ad-hoc-data/pop/july-2015/total-fertility-rate--2001-to-2014--by-area-of-usual-residence-of-mother-in-england-and-wales.xls

Other special extracts and tabulations of births data for England and Wales are available (subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreement of costs, where appropriate). You do not need to make a Freedom of Information request and can contact the team directly at: vsob@ons.gov.uk

Vital Statistics Outputs Branch
Office for National Statistics
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