§ Mr. ForthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give, for every county, borough and metropolitan district council in England, the total area, number of dwellings, population and population density.
§ Mrs. RoeFollowing is the latest available information:
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1Area 2Population 3Population 4Dwellings April 1987 (hectares) mid 1986 (number) Density (persons per ha) April 1987 (number) Northumberland 503,167 301,000 0.60 122,200 North Yorkshire 831,235 699,800 0.84 288,600 Nottinghamshire 216,362 1,006,400 4.65 397,900 Oxfordshire 260,781 574,700 2.20 204,800 Shropshire 349,013 392,700 1.13 153,600 Somerset 345,120 448,900 1.30 181,500 Staffordshire 271,616 1,021,000 3.76 397,200 Suffolk 379,663 628,600 1.66 255,000 Surrey 167,924 1,011,400 6.02 399,000 Warwickshire 198,054 480,700 2.43 186,100 West Sussex 198,935 694,700 3.49 289,300 Wiltshire 348,063 545,200 1.57 215,400 Greater London City of London 274 4,800 17.69 3,300 Barking and Dagenham 3,419 148,100 43.32 58,800 Barnet 8,953 304,600 34.02 117,500 Bexley 6,065 220,100 36.30 85,600 Brent 4,421 255,700 57.84 93,400 Bromley 15,179 297,000 19.57 5118,300 Camden 2,171 183,300 84.43 84,700 Croydon 8,658 319,300 36.88 125,000 Ealing 5,547 295,500 53.27 106,000 Enfield 8,115 265,400 32.71 102,800 Greenwich 4,744 217,800 45.92 87,900 Hackney 1,948 187,100 96.01 77,100 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,616 150,800 93.26 70,100 Haringey 3,031 196,100 64.68 83,100 Harrow 5,082 201,900 39.73 77,200 Havering 11,776 238,100 20.22 90,400 Hillingdon 11,037 232,000 21.02 94,100 Hounslow 5,852 194,900 33.30 80,200 Islington 1,489 168,000 112.83 75,100 Kensington and Chelsea 1,195 137,400 115.04 76,500 Kingston upon Thames 3,756 133,800 35.61 55,600 Lambeth 2,727 245,000 89.83 110,600 Lewisham 3,473 232,000 66.80 97,800 Merton 3,796 164,800 43.42 69,200 Newham 3,637 205,200 56.43 84,100 Redbridge 5,647 227,900 40.36 89,500 Richmond upon Thames 5,526 162,000 29.31 72,400 Southwark 2,880 216,000 75.01 97,000 Sutton 4,342 168,700 38.86 67,700 Tower Hamlets 1,973 152,800 77.42 66,600 Waltham Forest 3,966 215,800 54.42 87,100 Wandsworth 3,491 257,100 73.65 109,500 Westminster, City of 2,158 176,100 81.62 102,900 Greater Manchester Bolton 13,973 261,600 18.72 104,400 Bury 9,918 172,600 17.40 68,500 Manchester 11,621 451,400 38.85 184,800 Oldham 14,112 220,000 15.59 87,200 Rochdale 15,975 206,600 12.93 81,900 Salford 9,687 239,300 24.70 94,700 Stockport 12,605 289,900 23.00 113,800 Tameside 10,323 215,200 20.85 86,300 Trafford 10,565 216,300 20.47 86,400 Wigan 19,895 306,600 15.41 119,100 Merseyside Knowsley 9,739 163,800 16.82 57,800 Liverpool 11,291 483,000 42.78 198,600 St. Helens 13,347 187,900 14.08 70,200 Sefton 15,272 298,000 19.52 114,600 Wirral 15,772 334,800 21.23 137,000 South Yorkshire Barnsley 32,864 222,200 6.76 88,100 Doncaster 58,153 289,300 4.97 111,500 Rotherham 28,278 252,100 9.91 693,500 Sheffield 36,756 534,300 14.54 218,300 Tyne and Wear Gateshead 14,323 207,300 14.47 85,800 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 11,187 281,400 25.15 115,500
1Area 2Population 3Population 4Dwellings April 1987 (hectares) mid 1986 (number) Density (persons per ha) April 1987 (number) North Tyneside 8,377 192,300 22.95 83,200 South Tyneside 6,357 156,900 24.67 63,800 Sunderland 13,762 297,700 21.63 117,700 West Midlands Birmingham 26,430 1,004,100 37.99 392,400 Coventry 9,654 310,400 32.15 121,900 Dudley 9,794 300,900 30.72 118,800 Sandwell 8,559 301,100 3518 119,800 Solihull 18,007 202,200 11.23 76,200 Walsall 10,606 261,800 24.69 98,800 Wolverhampton 6,892 251,900 36.54 98,500 West Yorkshire Bradford 36,657 463,100 12.63 178,400 Calderdale 36,376 193,100 5.31 77,500 Kirklees 40,992 376,600 9.18 150,400 Leeds 56,215 710,900 12.65 288,100 Wakefield 33,317 309,300 9.28 122,700 1 Area data for shire counties, London boroughs and metropolitan districts as used for the 1988–89 RSG settlement. Source: Ordnance Survey. 2 Registrar General's population estimate at mid-1986. Source: OPCS Monitor PP1 87/1. 3 Population density calculated as the ratio of population (Mid-1986) to Area (April 1987). 4 Dwelling stock as reported by local authorities in their housing investment programme returns (HIP1) for April 1987. 5 Figure for Bromley relates to April 1984 HIP return. 6 Figure for Rotherham relates to April 1986 HIP return.