More than 20 schoolgirls are becoming pregnant every day, fuelling fears that the Government's sex education strategies are backfiring.
Figures released yesterday by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) revealed that underage pregnancies rose by four per cent to total 7,462 in 2005 - the latest year for which data is available.
In some areas, nearly one schoolgirl in every 50 is becoming pregnant. The highest rate was in the London borough of Lambeth, where 19.5 out of every 1,000 girls aged 13 to 15 became pregnant....