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Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Answer

Mr. Win Griffiths: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on demographic changes in each standard planning region since 1970. [140568] Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Win Griffiths, dated 30 November 2000: As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question concerning demographic changes in each standard planning region since 1970 (140568). There are two tables attached, the first shows the total change in population from mid-1971 to mid-1999 for Government Office Regions (GORs). To allow comparisons to be made, the 1971 data in this table are expressed in terms of GOR boundaries in existence in 1999. Population change can be broken down into the two main components of natural change (which is the difference between births and deaths) and migration and other changes. The second table shows these components of population change from 1981 to 1999 for GORs. Data are not readily available prior to 1981 for the breakdown of the components of population change in the regions. Estimated resident population mid-1971 to mid-1999 for Government Office Regions _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1971 1999 Population change (Thousand) (Thousand) (Thousand) Percentage England and Wales 49,152.0 52,689.9 3,537.9 7.2 North East 2,678.5 2,581.3 -97.2 -3.6 North West 7,107.8 6,880.5 -227.3 -3.2 Yorkshire and Humberside 4,902.3 5,047.0 144.7 3.0 East Midlands 3,651.9 4,191.2 539.3 14.8 West Midlands 5,146.0 5,335.6 189.6 3.7 East 4,454.3 5,418.9 964.6 21.7 London 7,529.4 7,285.0 -244.4 -3.2 South East 6,829.7 8,077.6 1,247.9 18.3 South West 4,111.8 4,935.7 823.9 20.0 Wales 2,740.3 2,937.0 196.7 7.2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Office for National Statistics Crown Copyright 2000 Estimated population change, 1981 to 1991 and 1991 to 1999--England, Wales by Government Office Region Thousand _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Change 1981-91 Change 1991-99 Area Resident National Migration Resident Natural Migration Resident population change (and other population change (and other population mid-1981 changes){ 1} mid-1991 changes){ 1} mid-1999 England and Wales 49,634.3 885.2 580.0 51,099.5 779.4 811.0 52,689.9 England 46,820.8 860.2 527.0 48,208.1 773.0 771.9 49,752.9 North East (GOR) 2,636.2 22.2 -55.9 2,602.5 3.8 -25.0 2,581.3 North West (GOR) 6,940.3 83.6 -138.6 6,885.4 51.6 -56.4 6,880.5 Yorkshire and the Humber 4,918.4 65.1 -0.7 4,982.8 58.1 6.1 5,047.0 (GOR) East Midlands (GOR) 3,852.8 76.4 106.2 4,035.4 51.1 104.7 4,191.2 West Midlands (GOR) 5,186.6 138.3 -59.5 5,265.5 92.8 -22.6 5,335.6 Eastern (GOR) 4,854.1 127.5 168.3 5,149.8 97.1 172.0 5,418.9 London (GOR) 6,805.6 242.0 -157.6 6,889.9 315.6 79.5 7,285.0 South East (GOR) 7,245.4 111.2 322.3 7,678.9 110.0 288.6 8,077.6 South West (GOR) 4,381.4 -6.1 342.5 4,717.8 -7.0 224.9 4,935.7 Wales 2,813.5 25.0 53.0 2,891.5 6.5 39.1 2,937.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} The other changes component of net civilian migration and other changes is made up of a number of factors, the main one of which at GOR level is changes over time in the number of armed forces personnel resident in areas. Note: Figures may not add due to rounding Source: Office for National Statistics Crown Copyright 2000

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

357 c946-8W; 140568

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Economic regions Population Migration

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