HC Deb 09 March 1994 vol 239 cc308-10W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list for each five-year cohort in(a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland, the number of persons and the percentage of persons, who were born in (i) each of those countries, (ii) the Irish Republic, (iii) elsewhere in Europe, and (iv) elsewhere.

Mr. Sackville

[holding answer 7 March 1994]: Information for England and Wales, from the 1991 census, will be placed in the Library. Figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are matters for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list for each five-year cohort the number of persons resident in(a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland, who are members of each ethnic group; and what percentage this is in each case of the total number in each such cohort, together with her projections until 2010.

Mr. Sackville

[holding answer 7 March 1994]:Information for England and Wales, from the 1991 census,will be placed in the Library. Figures for Scottland and Northern Ireland are matters for my right hon. Friend the

Secretary of State for Scotland and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. No population projections are available by ethnic group.