HC Deb 21 July 2004 vol 424 cc315-6W
Tim Loughton

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what is the demographic population breakdown of West Sussex; [185514]

(2) how many people moved into the Adur, Arun and Worthing Primary Care Trust area in (a) 2002–03 and (b) 2003–04; [185515]

(3) what the population of the south-east region is, broken down into those (a) under the age of 20 years, (b) between 20 and 60 years and (c) over the age of 60 years. [185521]

Ruth Kelly

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

Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Tim Loughton dated 21 July 2004:

The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions concerning the number of people that moved into the Adur, Arun and Worn-ling Primary Care Trust area in 2003 and 2004 and also the pop elation breakdown of the South East and the demographic breakdown of West Sussex. I am replying in his absence. (185515, 185514, 185521)

Unfortunately I am not able to answer your question regarding the number of people moving into the Primary Care trust, as statistics on population flows for Primary Care Trust areas are not currently available. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) will be publishing population estimates by Primary Care Organisation area for the first time on 21 October for 2001, 2002, and 2003.

The first of the two attached tables shows a demographic population break down for West Sussex based on mid-2002 population estimates. The second table shows mid-2002 population estimates for those who are aged under 20, 20 to 59, and those aged 60 years and over in the South East govrnment office region.

As announced by ONS on 8 July, revised mid-2002 population estimates are due to be released on 9 September. Information about the revisions can be found at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ downloads/theme_population/PEU announcement_08Jul.pdf

Mid-year 2002 population estimates for West Sussex
Thousand
Age bands Male Female Total
0–19 91.4 85.9 177.3
20–59 189.1 197.1 386.2
60+ 81.7 110.6 192.4
0–4 21.1 20.3 41.4
5–9 23.4 22.0 45.4
10–14 24.7 23.4 48.2
15–19 22.2 20.1 42.3
20–24 17.7 18.1 35.8
25–29 18.2 19.4 37.6
30–34 23.6 25.7 49.4
35–39 28.8 29.2 57.9
40–44 26.7 27.3 54.0
45–49 24.6 25.2 49.9
50–54 24.9 26.1 51.1
55–59 24.5 26.1 50.6
60–64 18.7 20.3 39.0
65–69 17.6 20.0 37.6
70–74 16.4 20.1 36.5
75–79 13.2 18.5 31.7
80–84 9.2 15.5 24.7
85–89 4.6 9.9 14.5
90+ 2.0 6.4 8.4
Note: Figures may not add exactly due to rounding. Source: Office for National Statistics.

Population for the South East, Mid-year2002
Thousand
Age bands Male Female Total
(a) 0–19 1,017.7 959.5 1,977.3
(b) 20–59 2,167.1 2,184.8 4,351.9
(c) 60+ 747.5 961.7 1,709.2
Source: Office for National Statistics.