§ Mr. de Freitasasked the Secretary of State for Air to what extent there was in Transport Command adequate freight-carrying capacity for the recent airlift to Cyprus.
Mr. WardA few hundred pounds of freight travelled in charter aircraft carrying R.A.F. supplies under normal arrangements. With this exception,
— 1946–47 1950–51 1956–57 1958–59 (Estimate) £ £ £ £ England … … … … 4,040 5,565 10,817 13,106 Wales … … … … … 5,195 6,898 12,842 15,311 Scotland … … … … 4,152 6,427 11,957 13,874 Bournemouth … … … 3,025 4,217 8,650 10,501 Eastbourne … … … … 3,902 6,034 11,462 14,056 London … … … … 4,817 6,317 11,933 13,970 Stoke-on-Trent … … … 4,128 6,030 12,529 15,264 Salford … … … … 4,185 5,568 10,467 12,323 Cardiff … … … … 4,254 5,393 11,332 14,191 Swansea … … … … 5,025 5,915 12,171 13,855 NOTES: (i) The available figures of population for 1946–47 cover civilians only; for the other years they include service personnel. (ii) The figures for 1958–59 are based on the figures of population for mid-1957, the latest available.