evidence: Percentage of girls under 16 and under 18 becoming pregnant, England and Wales, 1969 to 20141 [...] Governments in both England and Wales are committed to reducing the teenage pregnancy rate further, although they have now moved away from setting specific targets. The last target, set by the government in England in 1999, was to halve the 1998 under 18 teenage pregnancy rate for England by 2010. Rates fell substantially during this period and this target was reached in 2014.