§ Andrew GeorgeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the mean average population is of unitary authorities in England; [36639]
(2) if he will list all unitary authorities by the latest known resident population number. [36637]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell to Mr. Andrew George, dated 25 February 2002:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent questions concerning the population and average size of unitary authorities. (36634 and 36639)The attached table shows the unitary authorities, their populations and the average number of persons per unitary authority in both England and Wales
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Table 1 Population at mid-2000: unitary authorities in England and Wales thousand Area Persons England North-east Darlington UA 100.6 Hartlepool UA 92.3 Middlesbrough UA 143.9 Redcar and Cleveland UA 136.4 Stockton-on-Tees UA 184.1 North-west Blackburn with Darwen UA 138.1 Blackpool UA 150.7 Halton UA 120.8 Warrington UA 190.8 Yorkshire and The Humber East Riding of Yorkshire UA 318.9 Kingston upon Hull, City of UA 254.3 North East Lincolnshire UA 155.2 North Lincolnshire UA 152.5 York UA 179.3 East Midlands Derby UA 236.3 Leicester UA 289.7 Nottingham UA 282.9 Rutland UA 37.8 West Midlands Hereford shire, county of UA 169.3 Stoke-on -Trent UA 249.0 Telford and Wrekin UA 151.3
Table 1 Population at mid-2000: unitary authorities in England and Wales thousand Area Persons East Luton UA 183.1 Peterborough UA 156.5 Southend-on-Sea UA 176.9 Thurrock UA 135.8 South-east Bracknell Forest UA 111.1 Brighton and Hove UA 259.9 Isle of Wight UA 129.4 Medway UA 244.8 Milton Keynes UA 209.8 Portsmouth UA 189.1 Reading UA 147.7 Slough UA 111.1 Southampton UA 214.9 West Berkshire UA 144.3 Windsor and Maidenhead UA 142.6 Workingham UA 146.0 South-west Bath and North East Somerset UA 170.2 Bournemouth UA 163.4 Bristol, City of UA 406.2 North Somerset UA 191.1 Plymouth UA 254.2 Poole UA 140.9 South Gloucestershire UA 247.9 Swindon UA 181.5 Torbay UA 126.1 Total population in unitary authorities in England 8,318.8 Average persons per unitary authority in England 180.8 Wales Blaenau Gwent 71.2 Bridgend 131.5 Caerphilly 170.5 Cardiff 327.5 Carmarthenshire 169.1 Ceredigion 72.2 Conwy 112.7 Denbighshire 91.8 Flintshire 148.3 Gwynedd 116.8 Isle of Anglesey 64.8 Merthyr Tydfil 55.8 Monmouthshire 87.4 Neath Port Talbot 138.0 Newport 138.5 Pembrokeshire 114.7 Powys 126.8 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 239.8 Swansea 230.3 Torfaen 89.8 The Vale of Glamorgan 122.9 Wrexham 125.7 Total population in unitary authorities in Wales 2,946.2 Average persons per unitary authority in Wales 133.9 Note:
Figures may not add exactly because of rounding
Source:
Office for National Statistic