§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the percentage of the population in each English region living in households of social class I or II.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe following information is available from the 1981 census of population.
Percentage of the population in households with head in Social Class I or II Region Percentage North 18.1 Yorkshire and Humberside 20.2 East Midlands 21.9 East Anglia 24.1 South-East 28.0 South-West 24.6 West Midlands 21.2 North-West 20.9 England 23.8 Notes:
1. Social classes I and II comprise mainly professional and managerial occupations.
2. Only economically active heads of household have been assigned a social class. Comparable figures for households in other social classes, and for households where the head is not economically active, are shown in the 1981 census publication "Key Statistics for Local Authorities" (Table 5).
§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the changes in population between 1961 and 1983 for the south-east outside Greater London, the English regions and the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe information requested has been taken from table 2.1 ofRegional Trends 20 (1985) and is as follows:
Area Resident population at 30 June Change 1961 1983 1961–83 North 3,113,000 3,100,100 —12,900 Yorkshire and Humberside 4,677,000 4,908,500 †231,500 East Midlands 3,330,000 3,859,800 †529,800 East Anglia 1,489,000 1,925 ,200 †436,200 South-East 16,071,000 17,041,800 †970,800 Greater London 7,977,000 6,754,500 †1,222,500 South-East outside Greater London 8,094,000 10,287,300 †2,193,300 South-West 3,712,000 4,424,100 †712,100 West Midlands 4,762,000 5,176,300 †414,300 North-West 6,407,000 6,410,100 †3,100 Wales 2,635,000 2,807,800 †172,800 Scotland 5,184,000 5,150,400 —33,600 United Kingdom 52,807,000 56,376,800 †3,569,800 Some additional information for intervening years will be found in Population Trends—tables 2 and 3.