§ Mr. Wigginasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a 436W table in the OFFICIAL REPORT showing the electorate and population of the 10 largest and the 10 smallest English non-metropolitan districts, as proposed in the Draft English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972.
§ Mr. Graham PageThe information requested is as follows:—
10 LARGEST NEW DISTRICTS Population Electorate Avon, No. 2 425,203 312,148 Nottinghamshire, No. 6 299,758 211,750 Humberside, No. 4 285,472 204,575 Leicestershire, No. 5 283,549 199,827 Staffordshire, No. 3 265,153 196,838 Devon, No. 8 239,314 167,414 Derbyshire, No. 7 219,348 158,790 Hampshire, No. 8 214,826 155,879 Hampshire, No. 12 196,973 142,921 East Sussex, No. 4 166,081 126,007
10 SMALLEST NEW DISTRICTS Population Electorate Durham, No. 6 24,532 18,307 Northumberland, No. 1 25,769 20,731 Leicestershire, No. 9 27,463 17,955 Northumberland, No. 2 27,923 21,037 Somerset, No. 3 29,743 22,502 Salop, No. 1 30,320 22,034 Salop, No. 5 32,331 24,690 Hereford and Worcester, No. 4 33,178 24,965 Dorset, No. 8 33,463 27,444 Dorset, No. 5 36,626 26,184