HC Deb 04 June 1998 vol 313 c319W
Ms Atherton

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list the populations of South Yorkshire, Merseyside, Wales, Northern Ireland, NUTS II regions and Cornwall NUTS III region. [43627]

Mrs. Roche

The latest published regional population estimates for these NUTS areas are for 1995:

Population
South Yorkshire 1,303,900
Merseyside 1,427,200
Glwyd, Dyfed, Gwynedd, and Powys 1,132,700
Gwent, and Mid, South, and West Glamorgan 1,784,100
Northern Ireland 1,649,000
Cornwall 482,700

Note:

The boundaries and names of the two Welsh NUTS level II areas are based on the former counties

Source:

Regional Trends