§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many children aged under 16 years there are in(a) London and (b) each London borough. [152195]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell to Ms Harriet Hanman, dated 8 March 2001:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question concerning the number of children in London (152195). I am replying in his absence.An electronic copy of the data that you require can be found at the Office for National Statistics website: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ nsbase/downloads/theme—population/PE2POPEsts99book.pdfA paper copy of the data can be found in Table 8 in the ONS volume 'Population Estimates, Mid-1999, England and Wales' (Series PE No.2; ISBN 1 85774 381 4). This publication is in the House of Commons library.