§ Virginia BottomleyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many children(a) under two, (b) under five and (c) aged five to 16 years there were in (i) South-West Surrey constituency, (ii) Waverley borough council, (iii) Surrey county and (iv) England in (A) 1997 and (B) the latest available year; and what the estimate is for (1) 2007 and (2) 2012. [187288]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mrs. Virginia Bottomley, dated 7 September 2004:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many children (a) under two, (b) under five and (c) aged five to 16 years there were in (i) South West Surrey constituency, (ii) Waverley borough council, (iii) Surrey county and (iv) England in (A) 1997 and (B) the latest available year: and what the estimate is for (1) 2007 and (2) 2012. (187288)
1193WI attach a table showing the 1997 and 2002 mid-year population estimates and the 2007 and 2012 population projections for the areas requested. However, South West Surrey parliamentary constituency is coterminous with the area covered by Waverley borough council.
Please note that population figures for the years shown are presently on different bases and cannot be compared precisely. This is because of work to improve popular ion statistics following the 2001 Census, which is being incorporated progressively into statistical outputs. By November 2004, all the data shown in the tables will be available on a consistent basis.
This follows an announcement made on 8 July 2004 about population estimates, which contains information about population estimate revisions and can be found at:http://WWW.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_population/PEUannouncement_08Jul.pdf
Information about the subnational population projections due for release on 16 November 2004 can be found at:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_population/Subnational/Projections-22July2004. pdf
Estimated and projection populations—Age groups and areas as shown, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012
Thousand Year1 Area Age group
19972 20022 20073 20123 England All ages 48,635.9 49,561.8 50,503.3 51,527.1 0–1 1,217.7 1,113.6 1,153.7 1,171.6 0–4 3,086.2 2,864.0 2,880.2 2,908.4 5–16 7,490.4 7,594.9 7,244.2 6,943.4 Surrey All ages 1,039.7 1,059.9 1,090.3 1,106.4 0–1 25.4 23.6 24.2 24.1 0–4 64.3 61.5 62.1 60.9 5–16 150.0 156.0 162.6 160.0 Waverley borough council area All ages 115.0 116.0 115.4 116.4 0–1 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 0–4 6.7 6.5 6.3 6.3 5–16 17.2 17.6 16.9 16.3 1Important Note—Population figures for the years shown are presently on different bases and cannot be compared precisely. This is because of work to improve population statistics following the 2001 Census, which is being incorporated progressively into statistical outputs. By November 2004, all the data will be available on a consistent basis. 2 Mid–year estimates 3 Mid–year projections Source: Office for National Statistics, Government Actuary's Department