§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight of 2 March 2004,Official Report, columns 852–53W, on Emergency Protection Orders, what the population was of each area listed as a county at the most recent date for which information is available; [159695]
(2) pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight of 2 March 2004, Official Report, columns 852–53W, on Emergency Protection Orders, what the population was of the areas served by each family proceedings court at the most recent date for which information is available. [159696]
§ Ruth Kelly[holding answer 8 March 2004]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Andrew Turner, dated 9 March 2004:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your questions concerning the most recent population of each county, and of the areas served by each family proceedings court. (159695,159696)
Attached is a table showing the mid-2002 population estimate of each area listed as a "county" in the Official Report, 2 March 2004, column 852W, in answer to your earlier question on emergency protection orders. These are primarily the former counties rather the current shire county administrative areas, 1478W for example in the table "Hampshire" includes Portsmouth Southampton and the Isle of Wight as well as the current county area.
The Office for National Statistics does not produce mid-year population estimates for areas served by family proceedings courts.
Total Populations of 'county' areas 1: all ages, mid-2002 Thousands Area Persons England 49,561.8 Avon (Former County excl N Somerset and S Gloucestershire) 551.2 Bedfordshire (Former County) 570.8 Berkshire (Former County) 803.6 Buckinghamshire (Former County) 688.5 Cambridgeshire (Former County) 716.3 Cheshire (Former County) 986.1 Cleveland and Darlington 639.1 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 508.4 Cumbria 488.5 Derbyshire (Former County) 962.5 Devon (Former County) 1,082.3 Dorset (Former County) 696.3 Durham 492.3 East Riding and North Lincolnshire 471.2 Essex (Former County) 1,622.4 Gloucestershire 567.0 Greater London 7,355.4 Greater Manchester 2,513.5 Hampshire (incl Isle of Wight and Former County) 1,789.7 Hereford and Worcester (Former County) 722.4 Hertfordshire 1,036.1 Humberside (Former County excl E Riding and N Lincolnshire) 399.4 Kent (Former County) 1,589.3 Lancashire (Former County) 1,421.9 Leicestershire (Former County) 933.7 Lincolnshire 657.8 Merseyside 1,361.0 N Somerset and S Gloucestershire 435.8 Norfolk 802.8 North Yorkshire (Former county) 755.3 Northamptonshire 638.2 Northumberland 308.4 Nottinghamshire (Former County) 1,023.2 Oxfordshire 607.5 Shropshire (Former County) 445.8 Somerset 503.4 South Yorkshire 1,267.3 Staffordshire (Former County) 1,047.5 Suffolk 671.9 Surrey 1,059.9 Sussex (incl East and West Sussex) 1,500.0 Tyne and Wear 1,073.5 Warwickshire 512.7 West Midlands 2,575.8 West Yorkshire 2,089.2 Wiltshire (Former County) 616.9 1 Areas as listed in Official Report, 2 March 2004, Column 852W Source: Mid-2002 Population Estimates, Office for National Statistics