Written question asked by Caroline Spelman (Conservative) on Wednesday, 22 November 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 November 2006. It was answered by Yvette Cooper (Labour) on Wednesday, 6 December 2006 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Population Statistics

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her Department’s latest estimates are of (a) net migration and (b) household growth in each Government office region in England in each of the next 20 years.

Answer: The latest estimates of net migration by Government office region were published by the Office for National Statistics as part of the 2004 based Subnational Population Projections. The table is available at:"http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_population/2004_BasedProj/18_Migration_summaries_LAs.xls"The latest estimates of household growth are the 2003 based household projections that were published by DCLG. These are available at:"http://www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1002882&PressNoticeID=2097"The Department for Communities and Local Government plans to produce updated household projections that take account of the 2004 based subnational population projections.

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