§ Mr. RogersTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the latest available population figures for each of the district council areas in Essex, Surrey, Kent, Hampshire, Cheshire, Lancashire and Durham.
§ Mr. ChopeThe latest available information on resident population for the areas requested is given in the table. It is that estimated by the registrar-general as at 30 June 1988. Information on adult population calculated in accordance with the population report (England) was placed in the Library on 11 January.
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Estimated resident population at 30 June 1988 Thousands Essex Basildon 157.5 Braintree 117.2 Brentwood 70.0 Castle Point 85.5 Chelmsford 151.7 Colchester 150.2 Epping Forest 111.8 Harlow 72.0 Maldon 53.6 Rochford 74.4 Southend-on-Sea 165.4 Tendring 129.6 Thurrock 124.4 Uttlesford 66.1 Surrey Elmbridge 107.1 Epsom and Ewell 67.5 Guildford 123.2 Mole Valley 76.2 Reigate and Banstead 113.6
Thousands Runnymede 71.3 Spelthorne 85.8 Surrey Heath 83.6 Tandridge 75.6 Waverley 109.7 Woking 86.1 Kent Ashford 95.1 Canterbury 131.9 Dartford 78.4 Dover 106.3 Gillingham 95.3 Gravesham 90.2 Maidstone 136.0 Rochester-upon-Medway 146.6 Sevenoaks 107.3 Shepway 87.6 Swale 115.3 Thanet 129.7 Tonbridge and Mailing 101.2 Tunbridge Wells 99.3 Hampshire Basingstoke and Deane 139.7 East Hampshire 103.5 Eastleigh 101.0 Fareham 100.3 Gosport 76.9 Hart 85.9 Havant 117.5 New Forest 163.3 Portsmouth 183.8 Rushmoor 77.0 Southampton 196.7 Test Valley 102.3 Winchester 96.0 Cheshire Chester 117.1 Congleton 86.6 Crewe and Nantwich 96.8 Ellesmere Port and Neston 79.7 Halton 124.0 Macclesfield 152.3 Vale Royal 113.3 Warrington 186.0 Lancashire Blackburn 134.4 Blackpool 143.8 Burnley 85.4 Chorley 96.7 Fylde 73.2 Hyndburn 78.9 Lancaster 131.1 Pendle 84.4 Preston 128.1 Ribble Valley 52.8 Rossendale 64.6 South Ribble 100.2 West Lancashire 105.4 Wyre 103.0 Durham Chester-le-Street 53.1 Darlington 99.7 Derwentside 85.9 Durham 85.8 Easington 95.0 Sedgefield 88.4 Teesdale 24.9 Wear Valley 64.1 Source:OPCS Monitor PP1 89/1 issused 10 August 1989.