§ 74. Sir C. Osborneasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his 304W most recent estimate of the number of coloured people living in Great Britain; and what he now estimates will be the figures in 1975 and 1985, respectively.
§ Mr. CrossmanThe number of people in Great Britain who were born in the New Commonwealth, together with their children born in this country but excluding people of United Kingdom descent born in the New Commonwealth, is estimated by the Registrar General to have been approaching 1¼ million at mid-1969
The natural increase in this population is estimated from the 1966 sample census to be at a current rate of rather under 30,000 a year. The fertility of this population is expected to decline to nearer that of the indigenous population with the passage of time.
Its future size will, however, depend also on the future rate of net migration and the evolution of policy on immigration.