§ Mr. HoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the population of each of the towns and villages in the Clydesdale constituency.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information available at the required level of detail is derived from the 1981 census. The continuously built-up areas in Clydesdale constituency with usually resident populations of 500 or more at that time were as follows:
Area Population Ashgill 958 Biggar 1,921 Carluke (including Castlehill) 11,708 Carnwath 1,363 Carstairs 763 Carstairs Junction 908 Coalburn 1,222 Douglas 1,718 Forth 2,891 Kirkmuirhill 3,619 Lanark (including Bellefield Hospital & Kirkfieldbank) 9,672 Law 2,738 Lesmahagow 3,396 Netherburn 757 Rigside 1,059 Stonehouse 5,093 West End (including Carstairs State Hospital) 661