HC Deb 14 March 1995 vol 256 cc549-50W
Mr. Gapes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will state when the Office of Population Censuses and Statistics will make available to local authorities the local base statistics for subdivisions of wards originally promised for mid-1994; and what are the reasons for the delays in processing this information.

Mr. Sackville

1991 census local base statistics for sub-divisions of wards has already been produced. With this particular product customers were able to specify their own breakdown of wards in terms of enumeration districts. There was, however, a delay in their production, caused by an extension to the deadline for orders from customers, due to limited initial interest, so that the maximum number could he processed simultaneously in an effort to keep costs down.

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