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Population

Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply to the hon. Member.Letter from Jil Matheson, dated December 2009:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your question asking what the population was of each district and unitary authority in the East of England on the latest date for which figures are available. (305099)""The attached table shows the number of people resident in each local authority district and unitary authority area within the East of England region in mid-2008. These are the latest data available."

Mid-year population estimates for local authority areas in the East of England, 2008
Area	Persons all ages (thousand)
East
Luton UA	192
Peterborough UA	164
Southend-on-Sea UA	164
Thurrock UA	152
Bedfordshire
Bedford	156
Mid Bedfordshire	135
South Bedfordshire	120
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge	123
East Cambridgeshire	82
Fenland	92
Huntingdonshire	169
South Cambridgeshire	139
Essex
Basildon	173
Braintree	142
Brentwood	73
Castle Point	90
Chelmsford	167
Colchester	181
Epping Forest	124
Harlow	79
Maldon	63
Rochford	83
Tendring	148
Uttlesford	74
Hertfordshire
Broxbourne	90
Dacorum	140
East Hertfordshire	136
Hertsmere	99
North Hertfordshire	124
St. Albans	134
Stevenage	80
Three Rivers	88
Watford	81
Welwyn Hatfield	108
Norfolk
Breckland	132
Broadland	123
Great Yarmouth	94
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	145
North Norfolk	102
Norwich	136
South Norfolk	119
Suffolk
Babergh	87
Forest Heath	65
Ipswich	122
Mid Suffolk	95
St. Edmundsbury	104
Suffolk Coastal	126
Waveney	118
Source:
Office for National Statistics.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

502 c841-2W; 305099

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Population East of England

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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