Independent report

Teenage pregnancy: past successes - future challenges

Document outlining the successes, developments and challenges of the government's teenage pregnancy strategy, including recommendations.

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Teenage pregnancy: Past successes - future challenges

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For 10 years the teenage pregnancy independent advisory group (TPIAG) has advised ministers and monitored the teenage pregnancy strategy. This is the final report from the TPIAG.

England’s under-18 pregnancy rate is currently at its lowest level for over 20 years, but it is still unacceptably high. The evidence is clear that teenage parenthood results in poor health, under-achievement and low earnings for both the mother and her baby. In 2000 the teenage pregnancy strategy was launched.

Published 15 December 2010