Release

Conceptions in England and Wales: 2015

Released: 22 March 2017 9:30am
Next release: February to March 2018 (provisional)

Summary

Conception counts and conception rates for women usually resident in England and Wales, by age and local authority. Includes percentage of conceptions that lead to abortion.

Publications

Data

  • Conceptions in England and Wales

    Annual statistics on conceptions to residents of England and Wales – numbers and rates by age group including women aged under 18 years, inside and outside marriage or civil partnership, and area of usual residence.

Methodology

Contact details

Name

Nicola Haines

Email

Phone

About the data

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  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
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Pre-release access list

The phrase 'Pre-release Access' refers to the practice whereby official statistics in their final form, and any accompanying written commentary, are made available to an eligible person in advance of their publication. The rules and principles which govern pre-release access are featured within the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008.

Besides ONS staff, the following persons are given pre-release access by the period indicated before release.

| Access granted to | Organisation | Period | | :— | :— | :— | | Minister | Department of Health | 21 hrs | | Private Secretary | Department of Health | 21 hrs | | Special Advisor | Department of Health | 21 hrs | | Press Officer | Department of Health | 21 hrs | | Press Officer | Department of Health | 21 hrs | | Briefing Official | Department of Health | 21 hrs | | Policy Advisor | Department of Health | 21 hrs | | Analyst | Department of Health | 21 hrs | | Teenage Pregnancy Advisor | Public Health England | 21 hrs | | Head of Health Intelligence | Public Health England | 21 hrs | | Senior Analyst | Public Health England | 21 hrs | | Communications Officer | Public Health England | 21 hrs |