The latest Government figures show the rate of teenage pregnancy inEngland has fallen very slightly from 41.5 conceptions per thousandgirls aged 15- to 17-years-old in 2004 to 41.1 in 2005.
There was also a four per cent rise in pregnancies among under-16s, anincrease of 302 conceptions to 7,917.
But significant drops have occurred since figures for the strategy werefirst collected in 1998.
Anne Weyman, chief executive of fpa, said: "The dramatic reduction inteenage pregnancy in some parts of the country demonstrates that thestrategy can make a tremendous difference."
- www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/teenagepregnancy.
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