§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report hits estimate of the numbers of households comprising (a) one adult, (b) two adults, (c) three adults, (d) four adults and (e) five or more adults in (i) England, (ii) each economic planning region and (iii) each local authority.
§ Mr. Ridley[holding answer 2 November 1987]: Numbers of households estimated from the 1985 labour force survey for England and the standard regions are shown in the table.
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Region Number of persons aged 18 or over Total 1 2 3 4 5 or more Greater London 825 1,375 295 115 35 2,645 Rest of South East 995 2,320 440 135 25 3,915 South West 450 1,045 180 50 10 1,730 West Midlands 505 1,085 240 70 20 1,915 North West 690 1,320 275 90 25 2,405 England 4,870 10,200 2,025 635 145 17,880 Note: Estimates are subject to sampling errors.
The 1981 census county reports, available in the Library, show the numbers of households with 1, 2 and 3 or more persons aged 16 or over in each local authority area (table 39). Analyses of the 1981 census data on the basis of people aged 18 or over could be produced only at excessive cost.