§ MR. D. A. THOMAS (Merthyr Tydvil); To ask the President of the Local Government Board if he can give the number of municipal boroughs which contained, according to the last census, a population of under 2,000 inhabitants, of the number containing between 2,000 and 5,000, between 5,000 and 10,000, 10,000 and 30,000, and the number containing over 30,000 inhabitants; and also the number of municipal boroughs other than county boroughs having a population exceeding that of the urban district of Merthyr Tydvil.
513 (Answered by Mr. Long.) The number of municipal boroughs, other than county boroughs, in England and Wales, according to the last census, was as follows: under 2,000 inhabitants, 12; between 2,000 and 5,000, 56; between 5,000 and 10,000, 44; between 10,000 and 30,000, 90; over 30,000 inhabitants, 48. There are 67 county boroughs. All but one of these have a population of over 30,000. None of the municipal boroughs in England and Wales, other than county boroughs, has a population exceeding that of the urban district of Merthyr Tydvil, although there are eight other urban districts with a greater population.