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Mr. Webb: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister which elements of the local government funding formula are based on data derived from the Census; and what are, for each of the main local government spending blocks that use such data, (a) the latest sub-population estimate used for South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority in the most recent settlement and (b) the corresponding estimate from the 2001 census. [74850] Mr. Christopher Leslie: The information requested is given in the table below. The most recent settlement, for the year 2002-03, used population estimates as at 30 June 2000. The corresponding figures for 30 June 2001, derived from the 2001 census, are also given. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. South Gloucestershire Population as at 30 June Population group used in 2002-3 formulae for service block (rounded to the nearest 2001 2000 Education PSS1 Police Fire Highways EPCS2 hundred) Maintenance Total resident population 246000 247900 ; ; ; ; ; ; Resident population aged 0 15200 15800 ; to 4 Resident population aged 0 51100 51200 ; to 15 Resident population aged 0 57100 56700 ; ; to 17 Resident population aged 5 19900 20000 ; to 10 Resident population aged 11 16000 15400 ; to 15 Resident population aged 16 23600 23400 ; to 24 Resident population aged 18 153400 156300 ; to 64 Resident population aged 65 19900 19700 ; to 74 Resident population aged 75 11800 11300 ; to 84 Resident population aged 11 210900 212100 ; and over Resident population aged 65 35500 34900 ; and over Resident population aged 85 3900 4000 ; and over The population of working 147300 150200 ; ; ; age3 Resident males aged 18 to 64 76600 79900 ; ; ; Resident females aged 18 to 70700 70300 ; ; ; 59 Resident males aged 0 1400 1500 ; ; Resident males aged 1 to 4 6500 6700 ; ; Resident males aged 5 to 9 8500 8500 ; ; Resident males aged 10 to 14 8400 8000 ; ; Resident males aged 15 to 19 7600 7000 ; ; Resident males aged 20 to 24 6200 6600 ; ; Resident males aged 25 to 29 7600 8700 ; ; Resident males aged 30 to 34 9700 10900 ; ; Resident males aged 35 to 39 10800 11300 ; ; Resident males aged 40 to 44 9200 9200 ; ; Resident males aged 45 to 49 7900 7900 ; ; Resident males aged 50 to 54 8600 9000 ; ; Resident males aged 55 to 59 7700 7400 ; ; Resident males aged 60 to 64 6100 6200 ; ; Resident males aged 65 to 69 5200 5200 ; ; Resident males aged 70 to 74 4300 4300 ; ; Resident females aged 0 1400 1500 ; ; Resident females aged 1 to 4 6000 6200 ; ; Resident females aged 5 to 9 8000 8300 ; ; Resident females aged 10 to 7900 7600 ; ; 14 Resident females aged 15 to 6700 6500 ; ; 19 Resident females aged 20 to 6200 6200 ; ; 24 Resident females aged 25 to 7900 8300 ; ; 29 Resident females aged 30 to 10200 10400 ; ; 34 Resident females aged 35 to 10800 10500 ; ; 39 Resident females aged 40 to 8900 8500 ; ; 44 Resident females aged 45 to 8100 7800 ; ; 49 Resident females aged 50 to 8600 8600 ; ; 54 Resident females aged 55 to 7700 7500 ; ; 59 Resident females aged 60 to 6100 6100 ; ; 64 Resident females aged 65 to 5600 5700 ; ; 69 Resident females aged 70 to 4700 4600 ; ; 74 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Personal Social Services 2 Environmental, Protective and Cultural Services 3 Resident population of working age = resident males aged 18 to 64 plus resident females aged 18 to 59

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

391 c60-2W; 74850

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Census Local government finance Population Gloucestershire

Contains statistics

Yes

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