§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on demographic changes in each standard planning region since 1970. [140568]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Win Griffiths, dated 30 November 2000:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question concerning demographic changes in each standard planning region since 1970 (140568).
There are two tables attached, the first shows the total change in population from mid-1971 to mid-1999 for Government Office Regions (GORs). To allow comparisons to be made, the 1971 data in this table are expressed in terms of GOR boundaries in existence in 1999.
Population change can be broken down into the two main components of natural change (which is the difference between births and deaths) and migration and other changes. The second table shows these components of population change from 1981 to 1999 for GORs. Data are not readily available prior to 1981 for the breakdown of the components of population change in the regions.
947W
Estimated population change, 1981 to 1991 and 1991 to 1999—England, Wales by Government Office Region Thousand Change 1981–91 Change 1991–99 Area Resident Population mid-1981 National change Migration(and other changes)1 Resident Population mid-1991 Natural change Migration(and other changes)1 Resident Population mid-1999 England and Wales 49,634.3 885.2 580.0 51,099.5 779.4 811.0 52,689.9 England 46,820.8 860.2 527.0 48,208.1 773.0 771.9 49,752.9 North East (GOR) 2,636.2 22.2 -55.9 2,602.5 3.8 -25.0 2,581.3 North West (GOR) 6,940.3 83.6 -138.6 6,885.4 51.6 -56.4 6,880.5 Yorkshire and the Humber (GOR) 4,918.4 65.1 -0.7 4,982.8 58.1 6.1 5,047.0 East Midlands (GOR) 3,852.8 76.4 106.2 4,035.4 51.1 104.7 4,191.2 West Midlands (GOR) 5,186.6 138.3 -59.5 5,265.5 92.8 -22.6 5,335.6 Eastern (GOR) 4,854.1 127.5 168.3 5,149.8 97.1 172.0 5,418.9 London (GOR) 6,805.6 242.0 -157.6 6,889.9 315.6 79.5 7,285.0 South East (GOR) 7,245.4 111.2 322.3 7,678.9 110.0 288.6 8,077.6 South West (GOR) 4,381.4 -6.1 342.5 4,717.8 -7.0 224.9 4,935.7 Wales 2,813.5 25.0 53.0 2,891.5 6.5 39.1 2,937.0 1The other changes component of net civilian migration and other changes is made up of a number of factors, the main one of which at GOR level is changes over time in the number of armed forces personnel resident in areas. Note:
Figures may not add due to rounding
Source:
Office for National Statistics Crown Copyright 2000