diff --git a/app/models/validations/household_validations.rb b/app/models/validations/household_validations.rb
index 1ff8f3ed1..618e16e7b 100644
--- a/app/models/validations/household_validations.rb
+++ b/app/models/validations/household_validations.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module Validations::HouseholdValidations
   end
 
   def validate_pregnancy(record)
-    if (record.has_pregnancy? || record.pregnancy_refused?) && !women_of_child_bearing_age_in_household(record)
+    if (record.has_pregnancy? || record.pregnancy_refused?) && women_in_household(record) && !women_of_child_bearing_age_in_household(record)
       record.errors.add :preg_occ, I18n.t("validations.household.preg_occ.no_female")
     end
   end
@@ -136,7 +136,13 @@ private
     (1..8).any? do |n|
       next if record["sex#{n}"].nil? || record["age#{n}"].nil?
 
-      (record["sex#{n}"]) == "F" && record["age#{n}"] >= 16 && record["age#{n}"] <= 50
+      (record["sex#{n}"]) == "F" && record["age#{n}"] >= 11 && record["age#{n}"] <= 65
+    end
+  end
+
+  def women_in_household(record)
+    (1..8).any? do |n|
+      record["sex#{n}"] == "F"
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 367a11658..4581ec05f 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ en:
         question_required: "You must answer whether the person is still serving in the UK armed forces as you told us they’re a current or former regular"
         question_not_required: "You cannot answer whether the person is still serving in the UK armed forces as you told us they’re not a current or former regular"
       preg_occ:
-        no_female: "You must answer ‘no’ as there are no females aged 16-50 in the household"
+        no_female: "You must answer ‘no’ as there are no females aged 11-65 in the household"
       age:
         retired_male: "Male tenant who is retired must be 65 or over"
         retired_female: "Female tenant who is retired must be 60 or over"
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ en:
       not_joint: "This cannot be a joint tenancy as you've told us there's only one person in the household"
       joint_more_than_one_member: "There must be more than one person in the household as you've told us this is a joint tenancy"
 
-
     declaration:
       missing: "You must show the DLUHC privacy notice to the tenant before you can submit this log."
 
@@ -241,9 +240,9 @@ en:
         message: "Net income is higher than expected based on the lead tenant’s working situation. Are you sure this is correct?"
     rent:
       min:
-        hint_text: "<h1 class=\"govuk-heading-l app-panel--interruption\">You told us the rent is %{brent}</h1><p>The minimum rent for this type of property in %{la} is £%{soft_min_for_period}.</p>"
+        hint_text: '<h1 class="govuk-heading-l app-panel--interruption">You told us the rent is %{brent}</h1><p>The minimum rent for this type of property in %{la} is £%{soft_min_for_period}.</p>'
       max:
-        hint_text: "<h1 class=\"govuk-heading-l app-panel--interruption\">You told us the rent is %{brent}</h1><p>The maximum rent for this type of property in %{la} is £%{soft_max_for_period}.</p>"
+        hint_text: '<h1 class="govuk-heading-l app-panel--interruption">You told us the rent is %{brent}</h1><p>The maximum rent for this type of property in %{la} is £%{soft_max_for_period}.</p>'
     retirement:
       min:
         title: "You told us this person is under %{age} and retired"
diff --git a/spec/models/validations/household_validations_spec.rb b/spec/models/validations/household_validations_spec.rb
index 34493137f..8780d0746 100644
--- a/spec/models/validations/household_validations_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/validations/household_validations_spec.rb
@@ -57,40 +57,38 @@ RSpec.describe Validations::HouseholdValidations do
 
   describe "pregnancy validations" do
     context "when there are no female tenants" do
-      it "validates that pregnancy cannot be yes" do
+      it "validates that pregnancy can be yes" do
         record.preg_occ = 1
         record.sex1 = "M"
         household_validator.validate_pregnancy(record)
-        expect(record.errors["preg_occ"])
-          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.household.preg_occ.no_female"))
+        expect(record.errors["preg_occ"]).to be_empty
       end
 
-      it "validates that pregnancy cannot be prefer not to say" do
+      it "validates that pregnancy can be prefer not to say" do
         record.preg_occ = 3
         record.sex1 = "M"
         household_validator.validate_pregnancy(record)
-        expect(record.errors["preg_occ"])
-          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.household.preg_occ.no_female"))
+        expect(record.errors["preg_occ"]).to be_empty
       end
     end
 
     context "when there are female tenants" do
-      context "but they are older than 50" do
+      context "but they are older than 65" do
         it "validates that pregnancy cannot be yes" do
           record.preg_occ = 1
           record.sex1 = "F"
-          record.age1 = 51
+          record.age1 = 66
           household_validator.validate_pregnancy(record)
           expect(record.errors["preg_occ"])
             .to include(match I18n.t("validations.household.preg_occ.no_female"))
         end
       end
 
-      context "and they are the lead tenant and under 51" do
+      context "and they are the lead tenant and under 65" do
         it "pregnancy can be yes" do
-          record.preg_occ = 0
+          record.preg_occ = 1
           record.sex1 = "F"
-          record.age1 = 32
+          record.age1 = 64
           household_validator.validate_pregnancy(record)
           expect(record.errors["preg_occ"]).to be_empty
         end
@@ -98,15 +96,28 @@ RSpec.describe Validations::HouseholdValidations do
 
       context "and they are another household member and under 51" do
         it "pregnancy can be yes" do
-          record.preg_occ = 0
+          record.preg_occ = 1
           record.sex1 = "M"
           record.age1 = 25
           record.sex3 = "F"
-          record.age3 = 32
+          record.age3 = 64
           household_validator.validate_pregnancy(record)
           expect(record.errors["preg_occ"]).to be_empty
         end
       end
+
+      context "and they are another household member and under 11" do
+        it "pregnancy can be yes" do
+          record.preg_occ = 1
+          record.sex1 = "M"
+          record.age1 = 25
+          record.sex3 = "F"
+          record.age3 = 10
+          household_validator.validate_pregnancy(record)
+          expect(record.errors["preg_occ"])
+          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.household.preg_occ.no_female"))
+        end
+      end
     end
   end