HC Deb 26 April 2004 vol 420 c744W
Mr. Willetts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total number of children in(a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland aged under five years was in each year since 1992; and what forecasts he has made for future years. [168163]

Ruth Kelly

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to David Willetts, dated 26 April 2004:

As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question concerning the total number of children in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland aged under five years for each year since 1992, and what forecasts have been made for the future. (168163)

Attached is a table showing mid-year population estimates for 1992–2002 and mid-year population projections for 2003–2012 of children aged 0–4 inclusive for each constituent country of the UK.

Estimated and projected population of children aged under 5 years

1992–2002 (estimated), 2003–2012 (projected), constituent

countries of the UK1
Thousand
Year2,3 England4 Wales4 Scotland Northern

Ireland
1992 3,244.9 191.1 325.1 130.8
1993 3,227.8 188.6 323.0 128.8
1994 3,218.1 187.4 322.2 126.8
1995 3,185.0 183.8 318.3 124.6
1996 3,126.7 179.5 310.1 122.9
1997 3,086.2 177.1 302.7 121.6
1998 3,050.2 174.7 296.4 120.4
1999 3,018 4 172.1 290.3 119.2
2000 2,978.1 169.6 283.2 117.3
2001 2,920.6 167.2 276.3 114.7
2002 2,864.0 162.8 268.5 112.5
2003 2,843.2 159.9 263.4 110.3
2004 2,834.3 158.0 258.4 108.4
2005 2,840.2 157.1 255.2 107.3
2006 2,860.6 156.6 252.3 106.8
2007 2,880.2 157.6 249.9 106.4
2008 2,883.4 158.2 246.6 106.0
2009 2,885.5 158.8 244.1 105.9
2010 2,890.4 159.3 242.4 105.9
2011 2,898.2 159.9 241.3 106.1
2012 2.908.4 160.4 240.9 106.3
1 Individual country estimates shown in the table cannot be added to give a UK total, since, rounding errors would occur.
2 Mid-year population estimates from 1992–2002.
3 2002-based national population projections from 2003–12.
4 Interim revised population estimates from 1992–2000 for England and Wales only.
Sources:
Office for National Statistics.
General Register Office for Scotland.
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
Government Actuary's Department.