§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will list, in order of percentage change, the increase or decrease in population in Great Britain between 1925 and 1973, broken down by counties as they existed prior to the Local Government Act 1972.
§ Mr. Alec JonesFigures are not available for the year 1925. The table below shows the changes in population between 1931 and 1973 for the counties as they existed prior to 1st April 1974.
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County (or Scottish City) Enumerated Population April 1931 Census Mid-year Home Population 1973 Percentage Change 1931 to 1973 (thousands) (thousands) Norfolk … … 501.9 635.4 26.6 Renfrew … … 288.6 365.0 26.5 Anglesey … … 49.0 62.0 26.5 Herefordshire … … 111.8 140.7 25.9 Devon … … 733.0 920.6 25.6 Wight, Isle of … … 88.5 109.7 24.0 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly … … 318.0 393.5 23.7 Fife … … 276.4 334.3 21.0 East Lothian … … 47.3 56.6 19.6 Denbighshire … … 157.6 187.8 19.1 Derbyshire … … 750.2 886.9 18.2 Lincolnshire (Holland) … … 92.1 106.4 15.5 Yorkshire (East Riding) … … 482.9 550.4 14.0 Pembrokeshire … … 87.2 98.8 13.2 Westmorland … … 65.4 73.0 11.6 Inverness … … 82.1 90.8 10.6 Yorkshire (West Riding) … … 3,446.5 3,801.7 10.3 Cumberland … … 263.1 289.4 10.0 Dumfries … … 81.0 88.0 8.6 Caithness … … 25.7 27.8 8.2 Aberdeen City … … 167.3 180.8 8.1 Monmouthshire … … 431.6 462.2 7.1 Angus (excluding Dundee) … … 94.6 99.1 4.8 Nairn … … 8.3 8.7 4.6 Perth … … 120.8 126.4 4.6 Northumberland … … 756.8 789.8 4.4 Dundee City … … 175.6 180.7 2.9 Glamorgan … … 1,229.1 1,264.2 2.9 Edinburgh City … … 439.0 448.7 2.2 Caernarvonshire … … 120.8 122.8 1.6 Lancashire … … 5,040.2 5,097.9 1.1 Durham … … 1,399.2 1,409.7 0.8 Cardiganshire … … 55.2 55.4 0.4 Aberdeen (excluding Aberdeen City) … … 145.6 142.9 -1.8 Kincardine … … 27.4 26.8 -2.2 Ross and Cromarty … … 62.8 59.7 -4.9 Wigtown … … 29.3 27.5 -6.4 Argyll … … 63.1 58.9 -6.5 Roxborough … … 45.8 42.2 -7.8 Kinross … … 7.5 6.8 -8.3 Selkirk … … 22.6 20.7 -8.4 Kirkcudbright … … 30.3 27.8 -8.4 Breconshire … … 57.8 52.7 -8.7 Carmarthenshire … … 179.1 162.8 -9.1 Montgomeryshire … … 48.5 43.6 -10.1 Greater London … … 8,110.4 7,281.1 -10.2 Peebles … … 15.1 13.5 -10.2 Radnorshire … … 21.3 18.7 -12.4 Zetland … … 21.4 18.1 -15.7 Merionethshire … … 43.2 34.7 -19.7 Banff … … 54.9 43.6 -20.6 Berwick … … 26.6 20.9 -21.4 Orkney … … 22.1 17.2 -22.0 Sutherland … … 16.1 12.6 -22.0 Glasgow City … … 1,088.5 835.6 -23.2 Bute … … 18.8 12.6 -33.0 Great Britain … … 44,795.4 54,386.3 21.4 England and Wales … … 39,952.4 49,174.6 23.1 England … … 37,359.1 46,425.3 24.3 Wales … … 2,593.3 2,749.3 6.0 Scotland … … 4,843.0 5,211.7 7.6
§ Mr. Clemitsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people were in the 15 to 65 year age group in each of the last 10 years; and how many people, on current projections, will be in the 15 to 65 year age group in each of the next 10 years.
§ Mr. Alec JonesThe information is as follows:
PERSONS AGED 15–64: UNITED KINGDOM mid-year "thousands" 1964 … … … … 35,060 1965 … … … … 35,110 1966 … … … … 35,150 1967 … … … … 35,110 1968 … … … … 35,050 1969 … … … … 35,000 1970 … … … … 34,940 1971 … … … … 34,960 1972 … … … … 34,980 1973 … … … … 35,050 1974 … … … … 35,110 1975 … … … … 35,180 1976 … … … … 35,290 1977 … … … … 35,430 1978 … … … … 35,570 1979 … … … … 35,730 1980 … … … … 35,890 1981 … … … … 36,090 1982 … … … … 36,320 1983 … … … … 36,570 NOTES:
(i) The figures are the "total" population, viz. the "home" population (ie the population actually in the United Kingdom) plus members of Her Majesty's Forces belonging to the United Kingdom and serving overseas, minus the forces of other countries temporarily in the United Kingdom.
(ii) Figures for the years 1964–73 are the latest estimates.
(iii) Figures for the years 1974–83 are projections based on the mid-1973 estimates.