§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will set out in detail the evidence that he has that the rate of increase of the non-United Kingdom ethnic population is likely to decrease.
§ Sir George YoungThe evidence is set out in articles in Population Trends.
284W Copies of Population Trends are available in the Library.
- 1. "Population of New Commonwealth and Pakistani ethnic origin—new projections" (Population Trends 16) gave details of the assumptions in the projections and the reasons for them.
- 2. "Marriage and birth patterns among the population of New Commonwealth and Pakistani ethnic origin" (Population Trends 11) gave further details of patterns in fertility.
- 3. "New Commonwealth and Pakistani population estimates" (Population Trends 9) gave details of the age structure of the NCWP population. This is an important factor affecting the future size of the population.