§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans the Office for National Statistics has to publish the results of the Census in Northern Ireland; and what the breakdown is of(a) the adult population and (b) children under 18 years of age in each parliamentary constituency by religious belief and perceived community origin. [74159]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Kevin McNamara, dated 15 October 2002:
As National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales I have been asked to reply to your recent question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer asking what plans ONS has to publish the results of the Census in Northern Ireland; and what the breakdown is of (a) the adult population and (b) children under 18 years of age in each Parliamentary constituency by religious belief and perceived community origin (74159)As Registrar General for England and Wales, I have a statutory duty, under the provisions of section 4(1) of the Census Act 1920, to report the results of the Census in England and Wales to Parliament. The Registrar General for Northern Ireland has a similar statutory responsibility to report the results of the Census in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Thus, the ONS does not have any plans to publish detailed results of the Census in Northern Ireland.However, the first results from the 2001 Census, presented in a report to Parliament on 30 September, and which set out the population figures by sex and quinary age group for each local authority in England and Wales, also included corresponding614W
Distribution of Gross Weekly Earnings of full time employees on adult rates of pay Male Non-Manual Ten percent earned Male Manual Ten percent earned Male All Ten percent earned Median (£) less than (£) more than (£) Median (£) less than (£) more than (£) Median (£) less than (£) more than (£) SCOTLAND 465.7 246.7 845.2 323.7 206.2 514.3 388.8 222.6 720.8 Aberdeen City 568.1 252.7 1067.2 337.0 197.5 682.9 451.5 232.8 972.2 Aberdeenshire .. .. .. 332.2 205.6 503.8 388.3 230.3 685.1 Angus .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Argyll & Bute .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Scottish Borders, The .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Clackmannanshire .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Dumfries & Galloway .. .. .. 316.3 199.1 434.1 345.5 212.9 666.9 Dundee City 328.1 196.0 494.4 385.5 220.8 683.3 East Ayrshire .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. East Dunbartonshire .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. East Lothian .. .. .. 314.4 208.0 439.4 .. .. .. East Renfrewshire .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Edinburgh, City of 493.0 247.3 881.0 326.5 196.4 530.9 425.6 225.1 793.0 Falkirk .. .. .. 365.9 224.8 730.2 379.7 216.6 710.9 Fife 431.0 215.5 715.7 316.0 215.5 491.4 354.8 215.8 627.8 Glasgow City 465.1 236.5 863.7 322.1 198.3 513.0 400.0 219.8 767.8 Highland 477.5 245.5 729.4 316.6 202.7 472.7 363.7 209.0 628.4 Inverclyde .. .. .. 358.5 191.8 479.5 .. .. .. Midlothian .. .. .. 301.9 214.4 496.3 351.2 226.7 578.8 figures for Northern Ireland as a whole and for Scotland, so that total figures for the United Kingdom could be included in order to assist all Members of Parliament.ONS also plan to publish a selection of key statistics from the 2001 Census for each UK Parliamentary constituency in a report, which is expected to be to be laid before Parliament around June 2003. This would include some summary information taken from the responses to the census question on religion, and would include counts of population by sex by age by main religious group. The Registrar General for Northern Ireland will decide what information on religious belief and community background of the population in Northern Ireland constituencies is to be included in this Report.The more detailed results on religion in Northern Ireland will be produced, however, by the Registrar General for Northern Ireland in reports to the Northern Ireland Assembly.