In 2009, there were 38.3 pregnancies per thousand 15- to 17-year-olds. This is a fall of 5.9 per cent compared with figures released the previous year and is the lowest level since the 1980s.
But sexual health experts are warning this trend could be reversed due to cuts to teenage pregnancy services. According to a CYP Now investigation three in five teenage pregnancy co-ordinator posts are at risk in England.
Responding to today’s figures Simon Blake, Brook’s national director, said: "We strongly urge the government to ensure a continued local and national focus on teenage pregnancy as we know that if we stop focusing on delivering sexual health services the rates will go up.
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