§ Mr. Bryant Godman Irvineasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, in view of the fact that up-to-date population figures are vital to local authorities considering the proposals for local government reorganisation, what steps he is taking to ensure that the first provisional population figures are speedily available for authorities in East Sussex, and when he expects such information will be public.
§ Mr. AlisonPreliminary returns from the 1971 Census are now being collated, and the Registrar General expects that provisional figures for the populations of all local authorities will be published about the middle of July.