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Immigrants

Volume 930: debated on Wednesday 20 April 1977

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the numbers of immigrants within the various local authorities named by him in his reply to the hon. Member for Croydon, North-West, Official Report, 23rd February in columns 582–4.

Place of Birth
New Commonwealth (including Pakistan)Other Countries outside the British Isles
Avon13,24036,280
Bedfordshire15,51545,525
Berkshire20,80051,390
Buckinghamshire10,45032,480
Cambridgeshire7,42032,055
Derbyshire10,05026,895
Gloucestershire6,38520,365
Hampshire25,83569,345
Hertfordshire15,42556,730
Kent22,26060,030
Lancashire18,95542,275
Leicestershire28,15050,755
Northamptonshire6,07023,125
Nottinghamshire14,56538,165
Oxfordshire9,65539,520
Salop……3,1009,335
Suffolk5,78530,840
Warwickshire8,19522,420
West Sussex8,58529,330
Aylesbury Vale2,4457,825
North Bedfordshire Borough Council5,30515,310
Birmingham City Council69,140129,425
Blackburn5,4159,005
Bolton Metropolitan District Council7,57013,095
Bradford Metropolitan District Council22,81538,305
Bristol8,77521,490
Calderdale Metropolitan District Council2,9259,120
Charnwood2,3755,710
Coventry City Council15,19036,960
Derby Borough Council7,76515,465
Dudley Metropolitan District Council4,8358,980
Gloucester City Council2,6855,555
Gravesham District Council3,3405,655
Ipswich2,4906,715
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council14,39022,825
Leeds Metropolitan District Council14,72534,940
Leicester District Council23,28034,760
Luton Borough Council8,33519,340
Manchester City Council17,29550,910
North Hertfordshire District Council3,1107,520
Northampton2,5808,280
Nottingham, City of10,86021,675
Oldham Metropolitan District Council4,50510,080
Oxford City Council4,06512,400
Pendle2,1103,545
Preston4,8908,483
Reading Borough Council5,65512,375
Rochdale Metropolitan District Council4,92511,900
Rugby2,2505,230
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council15,63021,575
Sheffield District Council8,33517,890

The numbers of persons born outside the British Isles who were resident in these local authorities at the time of the 1971 Census are shown below. The first column includes those in respect of whom a local authority may make expenditure eligible for grants under Section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966. No more recent information is available.

Place of Birth

New Commonwealth (including Pakistan)

Other Countries outside the British Isles

Slough Borough Council8,71015,190
Southampton District Council4,82512,055
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council3,3658,125
Trafford Borough Council3,68514,190
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council9,32012,460
Warwisk District Council3,7109,395
Wellingborough1,7803,340
Wolverhampton Borough Council20,06527,370
Wycombe District Council4,99010,820
Barking2,7006,980
Barnet16,32551,770
Brent39,18079,380
Camden14,78053,970
Croydon16,98084,815
Ealing33,44063,845
Enfield11,37523,770
Greenwich7,73016,380
Hackney25,45543,020
Hammersmith16,08043,410
Haringey34,59556,075
Harrow7,9752,850
Hillingdon6,05517,705
Hounslow14,30528,040
I.L.E.A.266,510586,420
Islington22,55546,520
Kensington and Chelsea12,63557,495
Lambeth33,47559,790
Lewisham16,60528,840
Merton8,14519,465
Newham20,13527,450
Redbridge7,98518,585
Southwark16,01530,600
Tower Hamlets11,80519,890
Waltham Forest14,50522,165
Wandsworth26,80551,730
Westminster15,45067,075