HC Deb 02 February 1984 vol 53 cc357-64W
Dr. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the population for block grant purposes of every local authority in England (i) in 1981–82, and (ii) in 1984–85, showing the percentage change for each authority between 1981–82 and 1984–85.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

The population figures used for block grant purposes for 1981–82 and 1984–85, together with the percentage changes between these two years, are shown in the table. The 1981–82 figures are mid-1979 estimates while those for the 1984–85 settlement are mid-1982 estimates.

Local authority populations
1981–82 million 1984–85 million Percentage change
SHIRE COUNTIES
Avon .924200 .930900 .7
Bedfordshire .498800 .511900 2.6
Berkshire .682000 .700500 2.7
Buckinghamshire .535800 .580800 8.4
Cambridgeshire .579300 .598600 3.3
Cheshire .926500 .931900 .6
Cleveland .568600 .566900 -.3
Cornwall .417300 .427600 2.5
Cumbria .469900 .482500 2.7

1981–82 million 1984–85 million Percentage change
Derbyshire .898300 .910900 1.4
Devon .952100 .966200 1.5
Dorset .591100 .604600 2.3
Durham .608200 .608100 .8
East Sussex .654600 .670600 2.4
Essex 1.446700 1.484100 2.6
Gloucestershire .497100 .505500 1.7
Hampshire 1.459500 1.486300 1.8
Hereford and Worcester .617900 .638500 3.3
Hertfordshire .952000 .967500 1.6
Humberside .849600 .855800 .7
Isle of Wight .115300 .119000 3.2
Kent 1.456100 1.485900 2.0
Lancashire 1.369700 1.384100 1.1
Leicestershire .836300 .860700 2.9
Lincolnshire .533800 .551800 3.4
Norfolk .686300 .704900 2.7
Northamptonshire .523300 .537000 2.6
Northumberland .289800 .299700 3.4
North Yorkshire .663200 .678100 2.2
Nottinghamshire .974100 .991400 1.8
Oxfordshire .542100 .547600 10
Shropshire .369500 .380400 2.9
Somerset .415500 .432300 4.0
Staffordshire .999900 1.019000 1.9
Suffolk .597600 .611200 2.3
Surrey .993700 1.013900 2.0
Warwickshire .468900 .477300 1.8
West Sussex .643800 .672500 4.5
Wiltshire .516400 .527500 2.1
GREATER LONDON
City of London .005500 .005271 -4.2
Camden .190900 .175900 -7.9
Greenwich .204400 .216000 5.7
Hackney .190700 .183300 -3.9
Hammersmith and Fulham .161800 .149400 -7.7
Islington .167400 .162900 -2.7
Kensington and Chelsea .149900 .136800 -8.7
Lambeth .266400 .247700 -7.0
Lewisham .238000 .233600 -1.8
Southwark .219200 .214600 -2.1
Tower Hamlets .149200 .144500 -3.2
Wandsworth .272800 .258500 -5.2
Westminster .211900 .185700 -12.4
Barking and Dagenham .149300 .151200 1.3
Barnet .290400 .294800 1.5
Bexley .213000 .217900 2.3
Brent .251900 .254000 .8
Bromley .290700 .297900 2.5
Croydon .320500 .321500 .3
Ealing .289400 .282000 -2.6
Enfield .258800 .262100 1.3
Haringey .223900 .204600 -8.6
Harrow .196600 .198800 1.1
Havering .239900 .242400 1.0
Hillingdon .228700 .232800 1.8
Hounslow .201300 .204400 1.5
Kingston-upon-Thames .135700 .133700 -1.5
Merton .162100 .166600 2.8
Newham .224300 .212300 -5.3
Redbridge .225800 .227800 .9
Richmond-upon-Thames .161700 .160400 .8
Sutton .166600 .170100 2.1
Waltham Forest .218400 .215700 -1.2
GLC 6.877100 6.76600 -1.6
ILEA 2.428100 2.314171 -4.7
Met. Police 7.351754 7.238432 -1.5
GREATER MANCHESTER
Bolton .260100 .262300 .8

1981–82 million 1984–85 million Percentage change
Bury .179400 .175600 -2.1
Manchester .479100 .458600 -4.3
Oldham .223500 .220600 -1.3
Rochdale .209000 .207100 -.9
Salford .252600 .245600 -2.8
Stockport .291700 .289400 -.8
Tameside .218500 .216800 -.8
Trafford .224000 .219800 -1.9
Wigan .311200 .309200 .6
MERSEYSIDE
Knowsley .179700 .172800 -3.8
Liverpool .520200 .510700 -1.8
St. Helens .188700 .189600 .5
Sefton .300700 .298700 -.7
Wirral .342300 .339200 -.9
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Bamsley .221800 .225400 1.6
Doncaster ".286500 .288700 .8
Rotherham .248800 .252900 1.6
Sheffield .545500 .545800 .1
TYNE AND WEAR
Gateshead .212200 .211600 -.3
Newcastle upon Tyne .291600 .281000 -3.6
North Tyneside .193000 .197000 2.1
South Tyneside .162600 .160600 -1.2
Sunderland .300800 .299400 -.5
WEST MIDLANDS
Birmingham 1.033900 1.017300 -1.6
Coventry .339300 .317400 -6.5
Dudley .296000 .301100 1.7
Sandwell .306900 309300 .8
Solihull .198300 .199300 .5
Walsall .263400 .267200 1.4
Wolverhampton .258200 .2554000 -1.1
WEST YORKSHIRE
Bradford .461600 .464700 .7
Calderdale 189400 .191800 .7
Kirklees .379100 .377100 -.5
Leeds .724300 .716100 -1.1
Wakefield .309700 .313400 1.2
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES
Greater Manchester 2.649100 2.605000 -1.7
Merseyside 1.531600 1.511000 -1.3
South Yorkshire 1.302600 1.312800 .8
Tyne and Wear 1.160200 1.149600 -.9
West Midlands 2.6960O0 2.667000 -1.1
West Yorkshire 2.064100 2.063100 -.0
AVON
Bath .083990 .084200 .4
Bristol .408000 .399600 -2.1
Kingswood .082100 .085400 4.0
Northavon .118100 .120100 1.7
Wansdyke .075500 .077400 2.5
Woodspring .156600 .164200 4.9
BEDFORDSHIRE
North Bedfordshire .129300 .132800 2.7
Luton .160300 .165100 3.0
Mid Bedfordshire .103300 .105800 2.4
South Bedfordshire .105900 .108200 2.2
BERKSHIRE
Bracknell .079300 .086300 8.8
Newbury .123400 .124900 1.2
Reading .138400 .137700 -.5
Slough .098400 .098200 -.2
Windsor and Maidenhead .131500 .133900 1.8
Wokingham .111000 .119500 7.7

1981–82 million 1984–85 million Percentage change
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Aylesbury Vale .126600 .134700 6.4
South Bucks .057000 .062000 8.8
Chiltem .086800 .092600 6.7
Milton Keynes .114100 .133900 17.4
Wycombe .151300 .157600 4.2
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Cambridge .101600 .101100 -.5
East Cambridgeshire .053300 .053900 1.1
Fenland .065800 .068100 3.5
Huntingdon .125500 .127400 1.5
Peterborough .129300 .137300 6.2
South Cambridgeshire .103800 .110800 6.7
CHESHIRE
Chester .116300 .115800 -.4
Congleton .078900 .080600 2.2
Crewe and Nantwich .097500 .098500 1.0
Ellesmere Port and Neston .085100 .082200 -3.4
Halton .120700 .122800 1.7
Macclesfield .149800 .147900 -1.3
Vale Royal .110000 .111900 1.7
Warrington .168200 .172200 2.4
CLEVELAND
Hartlepool .095100 .094000 -1.2
Langbaurgh .148700 .150200 1.0
Middlesbrough .153000 .149800 -2.1
Stockton-on-Tees .171800 .172900 .6
CORNWALL
Caradon .065500 .068700 4.9
Carrick .073200 .076200 4.1
Kerrier .082800 .084400 1.9
North Cornwall .065300 .065300 —
Penwith .054000 .053900 .2
Restormel .076500 .079100 3.4
CUMBRIA
Allerdale .093700 .095600 2.0
Barrow in Furness .071100 .073800 3.8
Carlisle .098300 .100900 2.6
Copeland .069600 .072900 4.7
Eden .042700 .048400 1.6
South Lakeland .094500 .095900 1.5
DERBYSHIRE
Amber Valley .106700 .109100 2.2
Bolsover .070400 .070800 .6
Chesterfield .096300 .096600 .3
Derby .215900 .215600 -.1
Erewash .101900 .103000 1.1
High Peak .079400 .082100 3.4
North East Derbyshire .094700 .097600 3.1
South Derbysire .066200 .068500 3.5
West Derbyshire .066800 .067600 1.2
DEVON
East Devon .105400 .107800 2.3
Exeter .095600 .100500 5.1
North Devon .077600 .078100 .6
Plymouth .255500 .253600 -.7
South Hams .066100 .067300 1.8
Teignbridge .095200 .096200 1.1
Mid Devon .057900 .058700 1.4
Torbay .108700 .112600 3.6
Torridge .047700 .048500 1.7
West Devon .042400 .042900 1.2
DORSET
Bournemouth .144200 .144300 0.1
Christchurch .038600 .039700 2.8
North Dorset .048300 .049100 1.7
Poole .115500 .121600 5.3
Purbeck .039100 .040600 3.8

1981–82 million 1984–85 million Percentage change
West Dorset .080600 .080700 0.1
Weymouth and Portland .057700 .058300 1.0
Wimborre .067100 .070300 4.8
DURHAM
Chester-le-Street .050600 .052300 3.4
Darlington .095000 .098700 3.9
Derwentside .088800 .087500 -1.5
Durham .087200 .088700 1.7
Easington .101300 .100100 -1.2
Sedgefield .093300 .092300 -1.1
Teesdale .024100 .024600 2.1
Wear Valley .062900 .063900 1.6
EAST SUSSEX
Brighton .152700 .149000 -2.4
Eastbourne .073100 .078700 7.7
Hastings .074200 .076500 3.1
Hove .087800 .089000 1.4
Lewes .076600 .079500 3.8
Rother .073500 .077200 5.0
Wealden .116700 .120700 3.4
ESSEX
Basildon .148200 .154800 4.5
Braintree .111100 .113100 1.8
Brentwood .072100 .072000 -0.1
Castle Point .084400 .085900 1.8
Chelmsford .134600 .141000 4.8
Colchester .137500 .138700 0.9
Epping Forest .113800 .115100 1.1
Harlow .079100 .078700 -0.5
Maldon .045500 .048600 6.8
Rochford .071300 .074400 4.3
Southend-on-Sea .154700 .157600 1.9
Tendring .110400 .115000 4.2
Thurrock .127100 .126100 -0.8
Uttlesford .056900 .063100 10.9
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Cheltenham .085000 .085800 .9
Cotswold .068400 .069900 2.2
Forest of Dean .072300 .073200 1.2
Gloucester .091300 .092400 1.2
Stroud .099900 .102400 2.5
Tewkesbury .080200 .081800 2.0
HAMPSHIRE
Basingstoke and Deane .127200 .132000 3.8
East Hampshire .085400 .091600 7.3
Eastleigh .088000 .094000 6.8
Fareham .085000 .088000 3.5
Gosport .079400 .076500 -3.7
Hart .075300 .078100 3.7
Havant .116100 .115600 -.4
New Forest .142000 .146300 3.0
Portsmouth .191000 .190000 -.5
Rushmoor .081000 .080300 -.9
Southampton .207800 .207500 -.1
Test Valley .092400 .093900 1.6
Winchester .088900 .092500 4.0
HEREFORD AND WORCESTER
Bromsgrove .082300 .088300 7.3
Hereford .046800 .048300 3.2
Leominster .037400 .037800 1.1
Malvern Hills .083000 .084900 2.3
Redditch .064300 .068900 7.2
South Herefordshire .045500 .046900 3.1
Worcester .075000 .075900 1.2
Wychavoa .091800 .095500 4.0
Wyre Forest .091800 .092000 .2
HERTFORDSHIRE
Broxboune .079200 .079900 .9
Dacorum .128900 .131100 1.7

1981–82 million 1984–85 million Percentage change
East Hertfordshire .107000 .110700 3.5
Hertsmere .087800 .088600 .9
North Hertfordshire .105000 .108600 3.4
St. Albans .124300 .125600 1.0
Stevenage .073100 .075000 2.6
Three Rivers .077400 .079200 2.3
Watford .076500 .074900 -2.1
Welwyn Hatfield .092800 .093900 1.2
HUMBERSIDE
Beverley .106600 .107400 .8
Boothferry .059300 .061000 2.9
Cleethorpes .068400 .068700 .4
Glanford .064500 .067300 4.3
Great Grimsby .091900 .092200 .3
Holderness .044500 .046800 5.2
Kingston upon Hull .27400 .271100 -1.2
East Yorkshire .072700 .075900 4.4
Scunthorpe .067200 .065400 -2.7
ISLE OF WIGHT
Medina .066700 .067900 1.8
South Wight .048600 .051100 5.1
KENT
Ashford .083000 .087400 5.3
Canterbury .118600 .123200 3.9
Dartford .081300 .078000 -4.1
Dover .098700 .102800 4.2
Gillingham .092800 .095200 2.6
Gravesham .095900 .095800 -.1
Maidstone .128700 .130800 1.6
Rochester upon Medway .147400 .144700 -1.8
Sevenoaks .108600 .111700 2.9
Shepway .084500 .086500 2.4
Swale .107300 .110300 2.8
Thanet .119500 .122700 2.7
Tonbridge and Mailing .094100 .098600 4.8
Tunbridge Wells .095700 .098200 2.6
LANCASHIRE
Blackburn .142500 .142800 .2
Blackpool .145400 .147200 1.2
Burnley .092300 .093700 1.5
Chorley .088500 .091500 3.4
Fylde .068100 .068400 .4
Hyndburn .079400 .079200 -.3
Lancaster .123400 .126400 2.4
Pendle .084700 .086100 1.7
Preston .126200 .126500 .2
Ribble Valley .052900 .052600 -.6
Rossendale .063700 .064900 1.9
South Ribble .096100 .097900 1.9
West Lancashire .108300 .108100 -.2
Wyre .098200 .098800 .6
LEICESTERSHIRE
Blaby .076800 .077100 .4
Charnwood .130900 .140700 7.5
Harborough .060600 .061900 2.1
Hinkley and Bosworth .086200 .089300 3.6
Leicester .276600 .282400 2.1
Melton .044200 .043700 -1.1
North West Leicestershire .077400 .079100 2.2
Oadby and Wigston .052300 .053100 1.5
Rutland .031300 .033400 6.7
LINCOLNSHIRE
Boston .051500 .052500 1.9
East Lindsey .102100 .105700 3.5
Lincoln .071900 .076600 6.5
North Kesteven .078100 .079600 1.9
South Holland .059600 .062300 4.5
South Kesteven .093400 .098600 5.6
West Lindsey .077200 .076500 -.9

1981–82 million 1984–85 million Percentage change
NORFOLK
Breckland .097800 .097500 -.3
Broadland .096000 .098100 2.2
Great Yarmouth .079700 .081800 2.6
North Norfolk .081600 .083800 2.7
Norwich .119300 .126200 5.8
South Norfolk .092800 .096100 3.6
King's Lynn and West Norfolk .119100 .121400 1.9
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Corby .053000 .052100 -1.7
Daventry .056400 .058600 3.9
East Northamptonshire .061600 .062400 1.3
Kettering .070500 .071700 1.7
Northampton .154900 .162200 4.7
South Northamptonshire .063500 .065200 2.7
Wellingborough .063400 .064800 2.2
NORTHUMBERLAND
Alnwick .027800 .028800 3.6
Berwick-upon-Tweed .025500 .026200 2.7
Blyth Valley .075700 .077900 2.9
Castle Morpeth .047100 .050200 6.6
Tynedale .052700 .054200 2.8
Wansbeck .061000 .062400 2.3
NORTH YORKSHIRE
Craven .047600 .047800 .4
Hambleton .074100 .075100 1.3
Harrogate .134500 .140400 4.4
Richmondshire .044600 .044400 -.4
Rydale .082100 .086200 5.0
Scarborough .099900 .101700 1.8
Selby .079500 .080500 1.3
York .100900 .102000 1.1
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Ashfield .105000 .106000 1.0
Bassetlaw .098600 .102700 4.2
Broxtowe .102500 .104300 1.8
Gedling .102800 .104300 1.5
Mansfield .097900 .099200 1.3
Newark .100800 .104300 3.5
Nottingham .278600 .277800 -.3
Rushcliffe .087900 .092800 5.6
OXFORDSHIRE
Cherwell .109900 .112700 2.5
Oxford .122400 .116400 -4.9
South Oxfordshire .134700 .131200 -2.6
Vale of White Horse .096800 .104300 7.7
West Oxfordshire .078300 .083000 6.0
SHROPSHIRE
Bridgnorth .048500 .049700 2.5
North Shropshire .048500 .051100 5.4
Oswestry .030800 .031500 2.3
Shrewsbury and Atcham .085700 .087700 2.3
South Shropshire .033600 .034200 1.8
The Wrekin .122400 .126200 3.1
SOMERSET
Mendip .087200 .090300 3.6
Sedgemoor .086700 .090500 4.4
Taunton Deane .083100 .088300 6.3
West Somerset .029200 .029500 1.0
Yeovil .?129300 .133700 3.4
STAFFORDSHIRE
Cannock Chase .083600 .085800 2.6
East Staffordshire .093700 .095800 2.2
Lichfield .086700 .089100 2.8
Newcastle-under-Lyme .116700 .120000 2.8
South Staffordshire .093600 098400 5.1
Stafford .113700 .116700 2.6

1981–82 million 1984–85 million Percentage change
Staffordshire Moorlands .094400 .095800 1.5
Stoke-on-Trent .257200 .251300 -2.3
Tamworth .060300 .066100 9.6
SUFFOLK
Babergh .073100 .074800 2.3
Forest Heath .056400 .055400 -1.8
Ipswich .118900 .120400 1.3
Mid Suffolk .067500 .071600 6.1
St. Edmundsbury .085400 .088500 3.6
Suffolk Coastal .098600 .099500 .9
Waveney .097700 .101000 3.4
SURREY
Elmbridge .110000 .111700 1.5
Epsom and Ewell .070500 .069400 -1.6
Guildford .117400 .124100 5.7
Mole Valley .074600 .077300 3.6
Reigate and Banstead .114000 .116600 2.3
Runnymede .072800 .072800 —
Spelthorne .093500 .092000 -1.6
Surrey Heath .073500 .077200 5.0
Tandridge .078700 .077900 -1.0
Waverley .108200 .112100 3.6
Working .080500 .082800 2.9
WARWICKSHIRE
North Warwickshire .059600 .060000 .7
Nuneaton and Bedworth .110300 .113800 3.2
Rugby .083800 .087100 3.9
Stratford on Avon .099200 .101200 2.0
Warwick .116000 .115200 -.7
WEST SUSSEX
Adur .057700 .058300 1.0
Arun .115200 .120200 4.3
Chichester .096500 .099300 2.9
Crawley .071800 .072900 1.5
Horsham .097600 .105600 8.2
Mid Sussex .114400 .123300 7.8
Worthing .090600 .092900 2.5
WILTSHIREE
Kennet .065200 .066300 1.7
North Wiltshire .102000 . 105400 3.3
Salisbury .103100 .102800 -.3
Thamesdown .147300 .152500 3.5
West Wiltshire .098800 .100500 1.7
Isles of Scilly .001950 .001998 1.9