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Mr. Grocott
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, if he will list (a) the 10 largest and the 10 smallest non-metropolitan district councils in order of population, (b) the 10 largest and 10 smallest metropolitan district councils in order of population and (c) the 10 largest and 10 smallest non-metropolitan county councils in order of population.
Mr. Deakins
The latest available population estimates are for mid-1977. The information requested, with the respective population, is in the tables below:
| (a) Non-Metropolitan Districts | |||
| Largest: | |||
| Bristol | … | … | 409,900 |
| Nottingham | … | … | 282,900 |
| Leicester | … | … | 280,000 |
| Cardiff | … | … | 278,900 |
| Kingston-on-Hull | … | … | 275,400 |
| Plymouth | … | … | 260,300 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | … | … | 257,800 |
| Derby | … | … | 215,900 |
| Southampton | … | … | 212,200 |
| Portsmouth | … | … | 194,700 |
| Smallest: | |||
| Oswestry | … | … | 31,100 |
| Meirionnydd | … | … | 30,400 |
| Rutland | … | … | 30,600 |
| West Somerset | … | … | 29,400 |
| Alnwick | … | … | 28,800 |
| Dwyfor | … | … | 26,000 |
| Berwick-on-Tweed | … | … | 25,700 |
| Teesdale | … | … | 24,200 |
| Radnor | … | … | 20,600 |
| Isles of Scilly | … | … | 1,900 |
| (b) Metropolitan Districts | |||
| Largest: | |||
| Birmingham | … | … | 1,050,100 |
| Leeds | … | … | 734,000 |
| Sheffield | … | … | 547,400 |
| Liverpool | … | … | 536,900 |
| Manchester | … | … | 491,600 |
| Bradford | … | … | 464,200 |
| Kirklees | … | … | 376,900 |
| Wirral | … | … | 346,300 |
| Coventry | … | … | 340,500 |
| Sandwell | … | … | 313,100 |
| Smallest: | |||
| Tameside | … | … | 220,300 |
| Gateshead | … | … | 217,500 |
| Rochdale | … | … | 210,000 |
| Solihull | … | … | 198,300 |
| North Tyneside | … | … | 197,100 |
| Calderdale | … | … | 190,400 |
| St. Helens | … | … | 190,300 |
| Knowsley | … | … | 186,300 |
| Bury | … | … | 180,000 |
| South Tyneside | … | … | 166,900 |
| (c) Non-Metropolitan Counties | ||
| Largest: | ||
| Hampshire | … | 1,450,500 |
| Kent | … | 1,445,100 |
| Essex | … | 1,425,900 |
| Lancashire | … | 1,368,100 |
| Surrey | … | 995,800 |
| Staffordshire | … | 994,000 |
| Nottinghamshire | … | 974,100 |
| Devon | … | 947,200 |
| Hertfordshire | … | 941,600 |
| Avon | … | 916,900 |
| Smallest: | ||
| Somerset | … | 411,400 |
| South Glamorgan | … | 385,200 |
| Clwyd | … | 379,800 |
| West Glamorgan | … | 367,600 |
| Salop | … | 360,700 |
| Dyfed | … | 324,800 |
| Northumberland | … | 290,700 |
| Gwynedd | … | 226,800 |
| Isle of Wight | … | 113,600 |
| Powys | … | 105,500 |