Tony WrightTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the latest projection of UK population growth up to 2050 is. [174350]
§ Ruth KellyThe estimated population of the United Kingdom at the middle of 2002 (the latest date available) is 59.232 million. According to the Government Actuary's 2002-based projections, it is projected to increase to 65.454 million by 2050, an increase of 6.2 million (10.5 per cent).