HC Deb 19 November 1969 vol 791 cc322-3W
Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many counties in England and Wales, respectively, had smaller populations in 1968 than in 1921.

Dr. John Dunwoody

In England, none, except as a result of change in boundary. In Wales, the Registrar General estimates that eight counties declined in population between 1921 and 1968. In only one of these was the decline significantly affected by a boundary change.