HC Deb 10 March 1982 vol 19 cc420-3W
Mr. Roper

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing, where applicable, for each county in England and Wales and for each London borough, the date on which the Boundary Commission published its provisional recommendation, the date on which the local inquiries were held and the date on which the report of the inquiries and revised recommendations were made.

Mr. Mayhew

The information requested about the work of the Boundary Commissions for England and Wales is as follows:

(c) The English Commission has published provisional recommendations and held local inquiries in respect of the following counties, metropolitan and London boroughs:

County/Borough Date of publication of provisional recommendations Date of inquiry
Avon 13 November 1980 10 November 1981
Barnet 14 June 1979 *22 June 1981
Bedfordshire 24 July 1980 21 July 1981
Berkshire 8 January 1981 30 November 1981
Birmingham 2 April 1981 5 January 1982
Bolton 25 June 1981 19 January 1982
Bradford 28 May 1981 19 January 1982
Brent 14 June 1979 30 June 1980
Buckinghamshire 12 February 1981 8 December 1981
Bury 25 June 1981 22 January 1982
Calderdale 28 May 1981 5 January 1982
Cambridgeshire 5 February 1981 15 December 1981
Cleveland 20 January 1977 4 July 1977
Cornwall 15 January 1981 10 November 1981
Coventry 2 April 1981 17 December 1981
Devon 18 September 1980 8 September 1981
Dorset 5 February 1981 2 December 1981
Dudley 2 April 1981 20 January 1982
Gloucestershire 13 November 1980 29 October 1981
Greenwich 14 June 1979 15 September 1980
Hampshire 24 July 1980 14 December 1981
Harrow 14 June 1979 7 July 1980
Havering 14 June 1979 13 February 1980
Kensington and Chelsea 14 June 1979 23 June 1980
Kirklees 28 May 1981 12 January 1982
Knowsley 28 May 1981 28 January 1982
Leeds 28 May 1981 9 February 1982
Leicestershire 26 March 1981 8 December 1981
Lincolnshire 28 August 1980 22 September 1981
Liverpool 28 May 1981 25 January 1982
Manchester 25 June 1981 †l7 February 1982
Northumberland 23 February 1978 9 January 1979
Oldham 25 June 1981 †5 January 1982
Rochdale 25 June 1981 †5 January 1982
St. Helens 28 May 1981 14 January 1982
Salford 25 June 1981 †l7 February 1982
Sandwell 2 April 1981 19 January 1982
Sefton 28 May 1981 4 February 1982
Solihull 2 April 1981 15 December 1981
Somerset 12 May 1977 18 October 1977
Southwark 14 June 1979 10 July 1980
Stockport 25 June 1981 †2 February 1982
Suffolk 8 January 1981 21 October 1981
Tameside 25 June 1981 †2 February 1982
Tower Hamlets 14 June 1979 26 June 1980
Trafford 25 June 1981 †17 February 1982
Tyne and Wear 2 April 1981 8 December 1981
Wakefield 28 May 1981 28 January 1982
Walsall 2 April 1981 9 December 1981
Wandsworth 14 June 1979 6 March 1980
Warwickshire 15 May 1980 25 November 1980
West Sussex 8 January 1981 3 November 1981
Wigan 25 June 1981 †l7 February 1982
Wiltshire 15 January 1981 17 November 1981
Wirral 28 May 1981 12 January 1982
* Second inquiry into provisonal recommendations.
† Joint inquiries were held into the provisional recommendations for Manchester, Trafford, Salford and Wigan; Oldham and Rochdale, and Stockport and Tameside.

(d) The English Commission has published provisional recommendations, held local inquiries and published revised recommendations in respect of the following counties, metropolitan and London boroughs:

County/Borough Date of Publication of Provisional Recommendations Date if inquiry Date of Publication of Revised Recommendations
Barking and Dagenham 14 June 1979 5 February 1980 8 October 1981
Barnsley 20 November 1980 6 October 1981 4 March 1982
Bexley 14 June 1979 23 September 1980 8 October 1981
Bromley 14 June 1979 3 July 1980 8 October 1981
Camden 14 June 1979 22 July 1980 8 October 1981
Cheshire 14 June 1979 30 October 1979 22 May 1980
Croydon 14 June 1979 1 July 1980 8 October 1981

County/Borough Date of Publication of Provisional Recommendations Date if inquiry Date of Publication of Revised Recommendations
Cumbria 12 June 1980 2 December 1980 11 June 1981
Derbyside 28 June 1979 11 March 1980 25 September 1980
Doncaster 20 November 1980 27 October 1981 4 March 1982
Durham 26 June 1980 7 July 1981 26 November 1981
Eating 14 June 1979 17 July 1980 8 October 1981
East Sussex 13 November 1980 22 September 1981 4 March 1982
Enfield 28 August 1980 15 January 1981 8 October 1981
Essex 11 May 1978 13 March 1979 *21 February 1980
Hackney 14 June 1979 6 February 1980 8 October 1981
Hammersmith and Fulham 14 June 1979 1 July 1980 8 October 1981
Haringey 14 June 1979 19 June 1980 8 October 1981
Hereford and Worcester 28 August 1980 7 July 1981 26 November 1981
Hertfordshire 14 June 1979 4 December 1979 25 September 1980
Hounslow 14 June 1979 13 February 1980 8 October 1981
Humberside 12 June 1980 9 December 1980 3 September 1981
Islington 14 June 1979 26 February 1980 8 October 1981
Kent 28 June 1979 15 January 1980 7 August 1980
Lambeth 14 June 1979 9 July 1980 8 October 1981
Lancashire 12 May 1977 20 September 1977 15 February 1979
Lewisham 14 June 1979 19 February 1980 8 October 1981
Newham 14 June 1979 7 July 1980 8 October 1981
Norfolk 19 June 1980 6 January 1981 11 June 1981
Northamptonshire 18 September 1980 27 October 1981 4 March 1982
North Yorkshire 26 June 1980 1 April 1981 15 October 1981
Nottinghamshire 23 September 1976 24 January 1977 28 April 1977
Oxfordshire 12 February 1981 3 November 1981 4 March 1982
Richmond upon Thames 14 June 1979 30 June 1980 8 October 1981
Rotherham 20 November 1980 8 October 1981 4 March 1982
Sheffield 20 November 1980 20 October 1981 4 March 1982
Shropshire 14 June 1979 6 November 1979 15 May 1980
Staffordshire 6 September 1979 19 February 1980 18 September 1980
Surrey 22 November 1979 24 June 1980 30 October 1980
Sutton 14 June 1979 12 February 1980 8 October 1981
Waltham Forest 14 June 1979 2 July 1980 8 October 1981
City of Westminster 14 June 1979 14 July 1980 8 October 1981
* A second inquiry into the revised recommendations for Essex was held on 4 November 1980. Modified recommendations were published on 12 March 1981.