Mr. Michael J. FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what was the number of residents under 18 years of age at 30 June 1996, as used in the local government finance settlement, in each local authority area in England. [95734]
§ Ms Beverley HughesThe Registrar General's estimates of the number of residents under 18 years of age at 30 June 1996 were used in the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 local government finance settlements. The Office for National Statistics published revised population estimates for 1996 on 27 August 1998. These were used in the 1999–2000 settlement.
The following table details the estimates of the number of residents under 18 years of age for each relevant local authority as used in the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 local government finance settlements.
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Population aged 0 to 17 as used in Local authority 1998–99 SSAs 1999–2000 SSAs Cornwall 103,602 103,602 Cumbria 106,625 106,625 Gloucestershire 124,095 124,095 Hertfordshire 235,936 235,936 Lincolnshire 133,032 133,032 Norfolk 163,488 163,488 Northamptonshire 146,515 146,515 Northumberland 68,080 68,080 Oxfordshire 139,581 139,581 Somerset 108,202 108,202 Suffolk 151,628 151,628 Surrey 230,697 230,697 Warwickshire 111,008 111,008 West Sussex 157,715 157,715 North Yorkshire 121,597 121,318 Bedfordshire 86,655 86,655 Buckinghamshire 111,123 111,123 Derbyshire 159,579 159,579 Dorset 78,579 78,579 Durham 114,946 114,946 East Sussex 103,390 103,390 Hampshire 281,077 281,077 Leicestershire 134,380 134,380 Staffordshire 181,698 181,698 Wiltshire 95,900 95,900 Cambridgeshire 120,210 120,210 Cheshire 150,256 150,256 Devon 142,841 142,841 Essex 286,972 286,972 Kent 299,256 299,256 Lancashire 264,045 264,045 Nottinghamshire 166,322 166,322 Shropshire 60,515 60,515 Worcestershire 119,717 119,717 Isles of Scilly 475 475 Barking and Dagenham 39,393 39,393 Barnet 71,862 71,862 Bexley 50,937 50,937 Brent 59,524 59,524 Bromley 62,205 62,205 Croydon 78,345 78,345 Ealing 68,773 68,773 Enfield 61,898 61,898 Haringey 49,363 49,363 Harrow 49,286 49,286
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Population aged 0 to 17 as used in Local authority 1998–99 SSAs 1999–2000 SSAs Havering 50,739 50,739 Hillingdon 56,353 56,353 Hounslow 48,678 48,678 Kingston upon Thames 29,694 29,694 Merton 39,751 39,751 Newham 68,438 68,438 Redbridge 54,334 54,334 Richmond upon Thames 35,623 35,623 Sutton 39,836 39,836 Waltham Forest 53,855 53,855 Camden 35,973 35,973 Greenwich 54,062 54,062 Hackney 50,741 50,741 Hammersmith and Fulham 29,060 29,060 Islington 38,964 38,964 Kensington and Chelsea 27,165 27,165 Lambeth 61,263 61,263 Lewisham 57,319 57,319 Southwark 56,327 56,327 Tower Hamlets 50,629 50,629 Wandsworth 49,496 49,496 Westminster 32,790 32,790 City of London 669 669 Bolton 64,578 64,578 Bury 42,824 42,824 Manchester 113,070 113,070 Oldham 56,249 56,249 Rochdale 53,544 53,544 Salford 53,818 53,818 Stockport 65,700 65,700 Tameside 53,303 53,303 Trafford 50,669 50,669 Wigan 71,929 71,929 Knowsley 41,999 41,999 Liverpool 112,094 112,094 St. Helens 41,008 41,008 Sefton 65,177 65,177 Wirral 77,447 77,447 Barnsley 52,055 52,055 Doncaster 70,259 70,259 Rotherham 60,695 60,695 Sheffield 113,028 113,028 Gateshead 44,106 44,106 Newcastle upon Tyne 62,028 62,028 North Tyneside 42,814 42,814 South Tyneside 36,816 36,816 Sunderland 71,104 71,104 Birmingham 263,776 263,776 Coventry 75,274 75,274 Dudley 69,925 69,925 Sandwell 70,768 70,768 Solihull 46,772 46,772 Walsall 63,567 63,567 Wolverhampton 59,925 59,925 Bradford 127,643 127,643 Calderdale 45,755 45,755 Kirlees 94,008 94,008 Leeds 164,436 164,436 Wakefield 74,414 74,414 Isle of Wight Council 25,758 25,758 Bath and North East Somerset 33,843 33,843 Bristol 87,918 87,918 South Gloucestershire 54,024 54,024 North Somerset 39,568 39,568 Hartlepool 22,780 22,780 Middlesbrough 38,190 38,190 Redcar and Cleveland 34,169 34,169 Stockton-on-Tees 45,143 45,143 East Riding of Yorkshire 66,904 66,930 Kingston upon Hull 65,210 65,212 North East Lincolnshire 39,284 39,285 North Lincolnshire 35,570 35,492 York 36,988 37,248 Luton 49,669 49,669 Milton Keynes 52,697 52,697 Derby 55,091 55,091 Bournemouth 29,692 29,692
Population aged 0 to 17 as used in Local authority 1998–99 SSAs 1999–2000 SSAs Poole 30,071 30,071 Darlington 23,594 23,594 Brighton and Hove 47,164 47,164 Portsmouth 40,616 40,616 Southampton 47,314 47,314 Leicester 75,859 75,859 Rutland 8,336 8,336 Stoke-on-Trent 58,456 58,456 Swindon 41,532 41,532 Bracknell Forest 27,619 27,619 West Berkshire 34,860 34,860 Reading 32,100 32,100 Slough 28,243 28,243 Windsor and Maidenhead 31,373 31,373 Wokingham 34,473 34,473 Peterborough 40,405 40,405 Halton 32,475 32,475 Warrington 44,381 44,381 Plymouth 57,836 57,836 Torbay 24,924 24,924 Southend-on-Sea 37,016 37,016 Thurrock 32,305 32,305 Herefordshire 36,666 36,666 Medway 59,727 59,727 Blackburn and Darwen 38,648 38,648 Blackpool 30,862 30,862 Nottingham 68,314 68,314 Telford and Wrekin 36,724 36,724