HC Deb 27 October 1999 vol 336 cc869-71W
Mr. Michael J. Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what was the number of residents under 18 years of age at 30 June 1996, as used in the local government finance settlement, in each local authority area in England. [95734]

Ms Beverley Hughes

The Registrar General's estimates of the number of residents under 18 years of age at 30 June 1996 were used in the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 local government finance settlements. The Office for National Statistics published revised population estimates for 1996 on 27 August 1998. These were used in the 1999–2000 settlement.

The following table details the estimates of the number of residents under 18 years of age for each relevant local authority as used in the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 local government finance settlements.

Population aged 0 to 17 as used in
Local authority 1998–99 SSAs 1999–2000 SSAs
Cornwall 103,602 103,602
Cumbria 106,625 106,625
Gloucestershire 124,095 124,095
Hertfordshire 235,936 235,936
Lincolnshire 133,032 133,032
Norfolk 163,488 163,488
Northamptonshire 146,515 146,515
Northumberland 68,080 68,080
Oxfordshire 139,581 139,581
Somerset 108,202 108,202
Suffolk 151,628 151,628
Surrey 230,697 230,697
Warwickshire 111,008 111,008
West Sussex 157,715 157,715
North Yorkshire 121,597 121,318
Bedfordshire 86,655 86,655
Buckinghamshire 111,123 111,123
Derbyshire 159,579 159,579
Dorset 78,579 78,579
Durham 114,946 114,946
East Sussex 103,390 103,390
Hampshire 281,077 281,077
Leicestershire 134,380 134,380
Staffordshire 181,698 181,698
Wiltshire 95,900 95,900
Cambridgeshire 120,210 120,210
Cheshire 150,256 150,256
Devon 142,841 142,841
Essex 286,972 286,972
Kent 299,256 299,256
Lancashire 264,045 264,045
Nottinghamshire 166,322 166,322
Shropshire 60,515 60,515
Worcestershire 119,717 119,717
Isles of Scilly 475 475
Barking and Dagenham 39,393 39,393
Barnet 71,862 71,862
Bexley 50,937 50,937
Brent 59,524 59,524
Bromley 62,205 62,205
Croydon 78,345 78,345
Ealing 68,773 68,773
Enfield 61,898 61,898
Haringey 49,363 49,363
Harrow 49,286 49,286

Population aged 0 to 17 as used in
Local authority 1998–99 SSAs 1999–2000 SSAs
Havering 50,739 50,739
Hillingdon 56,353 56,353
Hounslow 48,678 48,678
Kingston upon Thames 29,694 29,694
Merton 39,751 39,751
Newham 68,438 68,438
Redbridge 54,334 54,334
Richmond upon Thames 35,623 35,623
Sutton 39,836 39,836
Waltham Forest 53,855 53,855
Camden 35,973 35,973
Greenwich 54,062 54,062
Hackney 50,741 50,741
Hammersmith and Fulham 29,060 29,060
Islington 38,964 38,964
Kensington and Chelsea 27,165 27,165
Lambeth 61,263 61,263
Lewisham 57,319 57,319
Southwark 56,327 56,327
Tower Hamlets 50,629 50,629
Wandsworth 49,496 49,496
Westminster 32,790 32,790
City of London 669 669
Bolton 64,578 64,578
Bury 42,824 42,824
Manchester 113,070 113,070
Oldham 56,249 56,249
Rochdale 53,544 53,544
Salford 53,818 53,818
Stockport 65,700 65,700
Tameside 53,303 53,303
Trafford 50,669 50,669
Wigan 71,929 71,929
Knowsley 41,999 41,999
Liverpool 112,094 112,094
St. Helens 41,008 41,008
Sefton 65,177 65,177
Wirral 77,447 77,447
Barnsley 52,055 52,055
Doncaster 70,259 70,259
Rotherham 60,695 60,695
Sheffield 113,028 113,028
Gateshead 44,106 44,106
Newcastle upon Tyne 62,028 62,028
North Tyneside 42,814 42,814
South Tyneside 36,816 36,816
Sunderland 71,104 71,104
Birmingham 263,776 263,776
Coventry 75,274 75,274
Dudley 69,925 69,925
Sandwell 70,768 70,768
Solihull 46,772 46,772
Walsall 63,567 63,567
Wolverhampton 59,925 59,925
Bradford 127,643 127,643
Calderdale 45,755 45,755
Kirlees 94,008 94,008
Leeds 164,436 164,436
Wakefield 74,414 74,414
Isle of Wight Council 25,758 25,758
Bath and North East Somerset 33,843 33,843
Bristol 87,918 87,918
South Gloucestershire 54,024 54,024
North Somerset 39,568 39,568
Hartlepool 22,780 22,780
Middlesbrough 38,190 38,190
Redcar and Cleveland 34,169 34,169
Stockton-on-Tees 45,143 45,143
East Riding of Yorkshire 66,904 66,930
Kingston upon Hull 65,210 65,212
North East Lincolnshire 39,284 39,285
North Lincolnshire 35,570 35,492
York 36,988 37,248
Luton 49,669 49,669
Milton Keynes 52,697 52,697
Derby 55,091 55,091
Bournemouth 29,692 29,692

Population aged 0 to 17 as used in
Local authority 1998–99 SSAs 1999–2000 SSAs
Poole 30,071 30,071
Darlington 23,594 23,594
Brighton and Hove 47,164 47,164
Portsmouth 40,616 40,616
Southampton 47,314 47,314
Leicester 75,859 75,859
Rutland 8,336 8,336
Stoke-on-Trent 58,456 58,456
Swindon 41,532 41,532
Bracknell Forest 27,619 27,619
West Berkshire 34,860 34,860
Reading 32,100 32,100
Slough 28,243 28,243
Windsor and Maidenhead 31,373 31,373
Wokingham 34,473 34,473
Peterborough 40,405 40,405
Halton 32,475 32,475
Warrington 44,381 44,381
Plymouth 57,836 57,836
Torbay 24,924 24,924
Southend-on-Sea 37,016 37,016
Thurrock 32,305 32,305
Herefordshire 36,666 36,666
Medway 59,727 59,727
Blackburn and Darwen 38,648 38,648
Blackpool 30,862 30,862
Nottingham 68,314 68,314
Telford and Wrekin 36,724 36,724