HC Deb 30 March 1972 vol 834 cc115-6W
Mr. Ashley

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the county boroughs, with populations over 250,000, in rank order according to the percentage increase in population over the last convenient five-year period; and which of these towns is now in a development or intermediate area.

Mr. Graham Page

The following 14 county boroughs in England with populations over 250,000 in mid-1971 are listed in rank order according to the percentage increases and decreases in population over the five years mid-1966 to mid-1971 in the table below.

County Borough Population Change 1966–71
per cent.
Wolverhampton +1.8
Tees side +1.6
Coventry +0.2
Leicester -0.2
Bradford -0.6
Bristol -1.0
Leeds -1.3
Nottingham -3.3
Sheffield -3.4
Stoke-on-Trent -3.7
Kingston upon Hull -4.8
Birmingham -6.5
Manchester -12.5
Liverpool -14.6

Liverpool and Tees side county boroughs are in development areas; Bradford, Kingston upon Hull, Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield county boroughs are in intermediate