HC Deb 27 July 1966 vol 732 c303W
Mr. Ridley

asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs what proportion of the population of the United Kingdom now resides in development areas.

Mr. William Rodgers

It is estimated that 25 per cent. of the population of the United Kingdom reside in the new development areas proposed in Command Paper 2874 and in Northern Ireland.