HC Deb 17 July 1991 vol 195 c190W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion the population of Wales represents as a percentage of the population of England on the most recent available information.

Mr. Dorrell

Resident populations for England and Wales relating to mid-1990 have now been estimated, and will be published shortly in "OPCS Monitor PP1 91/1". The figures are:—

Million
England 47.837
Wales 2.881

The estimated resident population of Wales is therefore 6 per cent. of that of England.