§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Minister of Health if he will state the proportion by which the population of England, Scotland and Wales, respectively, has increased in each of the years since 1945.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonStrictly comparable figures for the three countries are available only since 1951. The Registrar General estimates that the population of England, Scotland and Wales, respectively, increased by the following percentages in each of the sixteen years since mid-1951:
Year ending 30th June England Wales Scotland 1952 … … 0.31 -0.04 -0.03 1953 … … 0.35 0.23 -0.02 1954 … … 0.43 0.27 0.07 1955 … … 0.40 0.08 0.15 1956 … … 0.53 0.19 0.17 1957 … … 0.56 0.12 0.09 1958 … … 0.47 0.15 0.32 1959 … … 0.63 0.31 0.42 1960 … … 0.85 0.23 0.29 1961 … … 1.03 0.24 0.12 1962 … … 1.11 0.68 0.25 1963 … … 0.70 0.38 0.14 1964 … … 0.81 0.49 0.04 1965 … … 0.77 0.62 -0.05 1966 … … 0.67 0.31 -0.25 1967 … … 0.68 0.32 -0.08 The percentages for Scotland are calculated on estimates by the Registrar General for Scotland.
Throughout the period the population of England rose by 10. 81 per cent. from 41.226 million to 45.681 million persons, that of Wales by 4.67 per cent. from 2.589 million to 2.710 million and that of Scotland by 1.65 per cent. from 5.103 million to 5.187 million.