CHILDREN as young as 13 are being given free condoms in a bid to tackle teenage pregnancy.
Hampshire County Council is offering free contraception to youngsters on some secondary school sites, colleges and youth drop-in centres even though the age at which children can legally have sexual intercourse in Britain is 16.
The council is getting £8,000 of government money to buy condoms over the next year for the county-wide scheme, called Get It On.
The aim is to reduce teenage pregnancy rates. While under-18 conception rates have dropped in Britain, they are still the highest in Western Europe.
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