asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether the 1983 based population projections for England currently being prepared by the Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys will be used for the production of a revised series of households forecasts for England, the regions and counties.

The 1983–based population projections to be published by the OPCS will be used by the Department to calculate the next set of household projections superseding the 1981–based estimates.