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Tackling teenage pregnancy is central to the Government’s work to prevent health inequalities, child poverty and social exclusion. Girls from the poorest backgrounds are ten times more likely to become teenage mothers than girls from professional backgrounds. One in every ten babies born in England is to a teenage mother. These children are at high risk of growing up in poverty and experiencing poor health and social outcomes. Infant mortality rates for babies born to mothers under the age of 18 are twice the average.
This document looks at how implementation of the Government's strategy on teenage pregnancy is progressing. It also brings together the contributions that a wide range of Departments and organisations, both statutory and voluntary, will need to continue to make at national, regional and local level to drive forward implementation
This site contains information about the work of the cross-Government Teenage Pregnancy Unit and implementation of the Government's Teenage Pregnancy Strategy
