§ Mr. Nellistasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing for each year since 1975 to the latest available date, and for those years ahead for which he can project, the number of 16 and 17-year-olds in the population.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information requested is contained in the following table.628W
Thousands Mid year Number of 16 and 17-year-olds usually resident in England and Wales Estimates 1975 1,445 1976 1,482 1977 1,532 1978 1,581 1979 1,615 1980 1,654 1981 1,681 1982 1,663 Projections 1983 1,630 1984 1,589 1985 1,563 1986 1,538 1987 1,517 1988 1,483 1989 1,401 1990 1,310 1991 1,241 1992 1,188 1993 1,139 1994 1,126 1995 1,185 1996 1,254 1997 1,272 1998 1,254 1999 1,237 2000 1,247 2001 1,284 2002 1,327 2003 1,366 2004 1,398 2005 1,426 2006 1,451 2007 1,468 2008 1,480 2009 1,486 2010 1,484 2011 1,478 2012 1,468 2013 1,454 2014 1,438 2015 1,421 2016 1,404 2017 1,387 2018 1,369 2019 1,352 2020 1,337 2021 1,326 Notes:
(1) The projections were based on the provisional population estimates for 1981. These will be replaced by 1983 based projections within the next year.
(2) The projections up to 1997 are based on known births in the period 1965–81. From 1998 the projections are based on the projected number of births for 1982 and subsequent years.