HC Deb 25 May 1972 vol 837 cc493-4W
Mr. Elystan Morgan

asked the Secretary of State for Wales when the full results of the census of 1971 in respect of Wales will be published.

Mr. Peter Thomas

The full results for Wales of the 1971 census of population will be appearing in a number of separate reports to Parliament over the next two years, but at this stage it is possible to give only a general indication of when the reports are likely to appear.

Advanced analyses giving provisional figures for each county in England and Wales are being published and all county reports in this series should have appeared within the next two months. Final figures for each county in Wales will appear in the series of county reports towards the end of this year. A report analysing the answers to the question on the Welsh language is expected in the first half of 1973.

National reports on certain topics covering England and Wales will contain figures for Wales, and there will be specific regional reports also on these topics which will contain more detailed statistics for Wales. National and regional reports on housing will appear in the first half of 1973, and national and regional reports on internal migration and economic activity are expected towards the end of 1973.