HC Deb 22 July 1982 vol 28 cc287-8W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what estimates are available of the numbers of 16 to 18-year-olds there will be in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Cheshire in each year from 1991 to 2000.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The numbers of Residents aged 16 to 18 years on 30 June of each year, as given in the projections by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys are as follows:

Year United Kingdom thousands Cheshire thousands
1991 2,223 40.2
1992 2,111 38.0
1993 2,019 36.2
1994 1,967 35.5
1995 1,997 35.9
1996 2,081 37.0
1997 2,161 38.0
1998 2,208 38.9
1999 2,254 39.8
2000 2,318 40.9

These figures are based on the mid-1979 population estimates and do not yet take into account the results of the 1981 census.