§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the mid-year estimate of the population of working age between the ages of 16 and 59 or 64 years in Great Britain and for each of the standard regions in(a) June 1979 and (b) June 1989.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information requested is as follows:
Population of working age (16 to 64 for males: 16 to 59 for females) Region Mid-year 1979 1Mid-year 1988 North 1,877.9 1,890.9 Yorkshire and Humberside 2,911.5 3,016.7 East Midlands 2,279.4 2,463.6 East Anglia 1,097.0 1,231.6 South East 10,222.6 10,783.7 South West 2,504.6 2,781.0 West Midlands 3,117.5 3,230.5 North West 3,828.4 3,897.0 Wales 1,653.0 1,724.7 Scotland 3,084.9 3,169.8 Great Britain 32,576.8 34,189.5 1 Populations estimates for mid-1989 have not yet been made and are not expected to be available until July 1990.