§ Mr. Thorntonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the population figures for (a) England and Wales as a whole, (b) metropolitan areas in England, (c) Merseyside and (d) Liverpool at the most recent date for which figures are available and at each of the two previous censuses of population; and what figures are currently projected for 1990 and the end of the century.
§ Sir George YoungThe information is given in the following table. The projections should be regarded as showing only broad magnitudes.
Retail Prices, Average Earnings, Social Security Benefits and Contributions, a copy of which is in the Library; other tables may also be relevant.