§ Mr. Maxtonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are his Department's population projections for each district council area in each of the regions of Scotland, except Strathclyde, for the years 1981,1983,1987 and 1990.
§ Mr. Fairgrieve[pursuant to his reply, 25 June c. 165.]: The projections made by the Registrar General are given in the following table: 45W
Projected Home Populations, 1979—Based, Scotland, Regions and Districts (Excluding Strathclyde Region and Districts)
Area 1981 1983 1987 1990 SCOTLAND 5,145,499 5,132,793 5,129,150 5,139,577 Borders Region 99,390 98,745 97,627 96,706 Berwickshire 17,340 17,049 16,426 15,843 Ettrick and Lauderdale 33,031 33,129 33,372 33,598 Roxburgh 35,171 34,792 34,098 33,533 Tweedale 13,848 13,775 13,731 13,732 Central Region 271,784 272,823 276,055 279,119 Clackmannan 47,915 47,938 48,200 48,532 Falkirk 144,404 145,286 147,664 149,788 Stirling 79,465 79,599 80,191 80,799 Dumfries and Galloway Region 141,731 141,301 140,769 140,425 Annandale and Eskdale 34,962 34,992 35,124 35,228 Nithsdale 55,372 55,327 55,356 55,369 Stewartry 22,185 22,031 21,780 21,625 Wigtown 29,212 28,951 28,509 28,203 Fife Region 340,980 342,551 346,718 350,284 Dunfermline 127,459 128,522 131,169 133,453 Kircaldy 149,575 150,748 153,671 156,056 North East Fife 63,946 63,281 61,878 60,775 Giarripian Region 477,657 484,480 498,521 506,930 Aberdeen City 210,850 212,350 214,768 215,083 Banff and Buchan 80,700 81,679 83,640 84,435 Gordon 62,802 65,419 71,225 76,000 Kincardine and Deeside 40,640 41,545 43,597 45,216 Moray 82,665 83,487 85,291 86,196 Highland Region 191,509 192,422 194,986 197,435 Badenoch and Strathspey 9,449 9,434 9,427 9,435 Caithness 26,830 26,712 26,685 26,727 Inverness 56,416 57,222 58,956 60,312 Lochaber 20,003 19,700 19,259 19,216 Nairn 10,631 10,747 10,984 11,082 Ross and Cromarty 45,151 45,778 47,119 48,232 Skye and Lochalsh 9,973 9,929 9,916 9,946 Sutherland 13,056 12,900 12,640 12,485 Lothian Region 752,366 755,227 763,827 772,702 East Lothian 78,456 78,552 79,173 80,059 Edinburgh City 450,503 447,267 441,648 438,495 Midlothian 85,669 86,518 88,628 90,575 West Lothian 137,738 142,890 154,378 163,573 Tayside Region 400,623 400,029 399,830 400,178 Angus 92,516 93,132 94,631 95,962 Dundee City 188,916 187,488 184,914 183,056 Perth and Kinross 119,191 119,409 120,285 121,160 Orkney Islands 18,136 18,178 18,275 18,244 Shetland Islands 23,386 23,926 25,039 25,713 Western Isles Islands 29,683 29,727 30,054 30,440