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Mr. Lomas
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the 12 largest metropolitan district councils, showing the population, and area in each case, together with the number of parliamentary constituencies in each metropolitan district area.
Mr. Guy Barnett
The information requested is as follows:
| Metropolitan District | Population* | Area (hectares) | Number of Parliamentary Constituencies (whole or part) |
| Birmingham | 1,058,800 | 26,422 | 13 |
| Leeds | 744,500 | 54,600 | 10 |
| Sheffield | 558,000 | 36,828 | 7 |
| Liverpool | 539,700 | 11,258 | 8 |
| Manchester | 490,000 | 11,030 | 9 |
| Bradford | 458,900 | 37,007 | 7 |
| Kirklees | 372,500 | 40,993 | 6 |
| Wirral | 348,200 | 15,549 | 4 |
| Coventry | 336,800 | 9,654 | 5 |
| Sandwell | 312,900 | 8,559 | 4 |
| Wigan | 310,700 | 20,826 | 5 |
| Wakefield | 306,500 | 33,321 | 6 |
| * OPCS estimates of home population as at 30th June 1976. | |||