HL Deb 13 February 2003 vol 644 cc133-4WA
Baroness Pitkeathley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

When detailed results from the 2001 census for local authorities in England and Wales will be published. [HL1653]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

A report on the 2001 CensusKey Statistics for Local Authorities for England and Wales is being laid before Parliament today. Copies will be available in the Library of the House and are accessible on the National Statistics website.

The report will provide a compact and self-contained reference, providing key results covering a wide range of census topics. Figures for local authority areas, presented generally as percentage distributions, can be readily compared with those for other areas and with the national averages.

The report will comprise a set of 24 tables covering all 376 local authority districts in England and Wales, the 11 National Parks, the 40 shire and metropolitan counties and the nine government office regions, as well as comparable national figures for the UK, England and Wales, England, and Wales as appropriate.