Measures to tackle teenage pregnancy

Aims: to halve number of pregnancies in under 18s by 2010, and reduce number by 15% by 2004; and to increase the participation of teenage mothers in education, training or work to 60% by 2010.

When launched in 1999, the national teenage pregnancy strategy outlined four areas for action:

• A national campaign to improve understanding and change behaviour
• New mechanisms to co-ordinate action at local and national levels
• Better prevention of the causes of pregnancy
• Better support for pregnant teenagers and teenage parents

Budget of £24 million in 2003/2004.

An evaluation of the teenage pregnancy strategy was published in 2005.