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Baby boom Britain! Highest number of births since 1971 fuelled by migrants and older mothers
Nearly 724,000 babies born in England and Wales last year
Quarter were babies born to immigrant mothers, new figures reveal
And almost 30,000 were women over the age of 40
Highest number of births since tail end of the 1960s baby boom
By STEVE DOUGHTY, SOCIAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT
PUBLISHED: 18:58, 10 July 2013 | UPDATED: 01:58, 11 July 2013
The number of babies born last year was the highest in more than 40 years, according to official figures.
There were nearly 724,000 newborn children in England and Wales, the greatest number since 1971, at the tail end of the 1960s baby boom.
A key reason for the rising numbers of babies is the large-scale immigration of the past decade, which has brought in mainly young men and women ready to have families.
Baby boom: The number of babies born in Britain in 2012 was the highest for 40 years, new figures reveal
Newly-arrived migrants also tend to have higher birth-rates than people in the existing population.
The impact of immigration on childbirth was underlined by another rise in the number of babies born to women who were themselves born abroad.
Impact: The increase was partly fuelled by a high number of babies born to mothers who were themselves born abroad
The share of babies born to immigrant mothers went up again, to 25.9 per cent, well over a quarter of all births.
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Another factor pushing up birthrates was the growing trend for women of 40 and older to have children.
Numbers of babies born to 40-somethings are now running at five times the level of the mid-1970s and reached almost 30,000 last year.
The leap in 40-plus-year-olds having families is a result of large numbers of women delaying having families because of education, careers, mortgages and their own unstable relationships, and then trying to catch up as they reach the end of their childbearing years.
The figures released by the Office for National Statistics show the 724,674 babies were born in England and Wales in 2012, 0.8 per cent more than in 2011.
For Britain as a whole, the increase was slightly less, a 0.6 per cent rise to 812,970. The lesser increase across the United Kingdom was a result of falling numbers of births in Scotland.
A report by the ONS said there was no single reason for the increase, but pointed to a rise in childbirth among women in their late 20s, and ‘increases in the numbers of foreign-born women who tend to have higher fertility than UK-born women’.
It also said there is a possibility of ‘Government policy and the economic climate indirectly influencing individuals’ decisions around childbearing.’
Sir Andrew Green of the Migrationwatch think tank said that the figures showed how immigration is pushing up population and stretching public services.
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Nearly 724,000 babies born in England and Wales last year
Quarter were babies born to immigrant mothers, new figures reveal
And almost 30,000 were women over the age of 40
Highest number of births since tail end of the 1960s baby boom
By STEVE DOUGHTY, SOCIAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT
PUBLISHED: 18:58, 10 July 2013 | UPDATED: 01:58, 11 July 2013
The number of babies born last year was the highest in more than 40 years, according to official figures.
There were nearly 724,000 newborn children in England and Wales, the greatest number since 1971, at the tail end of the 1960s baby boom.
A key reason for the rising numbers of babies is the large-scale immigration of the past decade, which has brought in mainly young men and women ready to have families.
Baby boom: The number of babies born in Britain in 2012 was the highest for 40 years, new figures reveal
Newly-arrived migrants also tend to have higher birth-rates than people in the existing population.
The impact of immigration on childbirth was underlined by another rise in the number of babies born to women who were themselves born abroad.
Impact: The increase was partly fuelled by a high number of babies born to mothers who were themselves born abroad
The share of babies born to immigrant mothers went up again, to 25.9 per cent, well over a quarter of all births.
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Parents' fury after schoolchildren living in town popular with eastern European migrants are taught song in Lithuanian
Engineering boss 'told Jewish worker he wanted to lock up "Yids" like Alan Sugar's son and gas them'
Fifteen asylum seekers discovered in a tank on a cross-Channel ferry heading to the UK after they are heard banging on the sides as seven are treated by medics
Another factor pushing up birthrates was the growing trend for women of 40 and older to have children.
Numbers of babies born to 40-somethings are now running at five times the level of the mid-1970s and reached almost 30,000 last year.
The leap in 40-plus-year-olds having families is a result of large numbers of women delaying having families because of education, careers, mortgages and their own unstable relationships, and then trying to catch up as they reach the end of their childbearing years.
The figures released by the Office for National Statistics show the 724,674 babies were born in England and Wales in 2012, 0.8 per cent more than in 2011.
For Britain as a whole, the increase was slightly less, a 0.6 per cent rise to 812,970. The lesser increase across the United Kingdom was a result of falling numbers of births in Scotland.
A report by the ONS said there was no single reason for the increase, but pointed to a rise in childbirth among women in their late 20s, and ‘increases in the numbers of foreign-born women who tend to have higher fertility than UK-born women’.
It also said there is a possibility of ‘Government policy and the economic climate indirectly influencing individuals’ decisions around childbearing.’
Sir Andrew Green of the Migrationwatch think tank said that the figures showed how immigration is pushing up population and stretching public services.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2359543/Baby-boom-Britain-Highest-number-births-1971-fuelled-migrants-older-mothers.html#ixzz2YiLPyOrx
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