§ Lord Lamont of Lerwickasked Her Majesty's Government:
What adjustments have been made to the population projections published by the Office for National Statistics in their spring 2003 edition of 66WA Population Trends in the light of the revised international migration estimates 1992–2001 which they published on 12 June; and when the adjusted projections will be published. [HL3699]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Lord McIntosh of Haringey)The latest set of national population projections for the United Kingdom and constituent countries are the 'interim' 2001-based projections published in November 2002. These projections, the subject of the article in the spring 2003 edition ofPopulation Trends, were carried out following the publication in September 2002 of the first results of the 2001 Census.
The next set of national population projections are scheduled to be published on 23 October 2003 and will take full account of the revised international migration estimates. These projections will be based on the estimated population at the middle of 2002. Mid-2002 population estimates at UK level are scheduled to be published on 7 August 2003.