§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of the population in each regional health authority is children.
§ Mr. John PattenThe estimated percentages of each regional health authority's population who were aged 0 to 4 years, 5 to 15 years and aged under 16 years on 30 June 1982 are shown in the table. These were calculated using the Registrar General's provisional mid-1982 population estimates.
Regional health authority Percentage of the mid-1982 population who were aged 0–4 years 5–15 years Under 16 years Northern 6.2 15.6 21.8 Yorkshire 6.3 15.9 22.2 Trent 6.1 15.8 21.9 East Anglian 6.2 15.5 21.7 North West Thames 6.3 14.3 20.6 North East Thames 6.3 14.6 20.9 South East Thames 5.9 14.5 20.4 South West Thames 5.8 14.2 20.0 Wessex 5.9 15.1 21.0 Oxford 6.7 16.3 23.0 South Western 5.7 14.8 20.5 West Midlands 6.4 16.3 22.7 Mersey 6.3 16.2 22.5 North Western 6.4 15.9 22.3 Wales 6.2 15.7 21.9 ENGLAND AND WALES 6.2 15.4 21.6