Mr. Ted Fletcherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what estimate he has made of the net outflow of population in the Northern Region in each year since 1960.
§ Mr. CrossmanThe Registrar General's mid-year estimates of population in the Northern Region give the following estimates of the net changes due to inflow or outflow of population.
Year ended June 30th Thousand persons 1962 +7 1963 −9 1964 −12 1965 −13 1966 −10 1967 −6 1968 −1 It is regretted that comparable figures are not available before mid-1961.