To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what has been (a) the population, (b) the number of households, (c) The number of single household and (d) the number of single households and (d) the number of single parent households in (i) Essex Country, (ii) Colchestaer Borough and (iii) Tendring District in each year since 1967. [15774]
[holding answer 13 November 1997]: The availalble estimates are as follows:
| Thousands | ||||
| (a) Population | (b)All households | (c) One person households | (d) Lone parent households | |
| (i) Essex | ||||
| 1971 | 1,366 | 462 | 69 | 9 |
| 19721 | 1,385 | 468 | 74 | 25 |
| 19731 | 1,398 | 476 | 77 | 27 |
| 19741 | 1,406 | 482 | 80 | 27 |
| 19751 | 1,416 | 489 | 83 | 28 |
[holding answer 13 November 1997]: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on Wednesday 12 November 1997, Official Report, column 554. It will be for the Essex County Council to consider how many additional dwellings will be needed between 2011 and 2016, after taking into account the revised Regional Planning Guidance for the South East (RPG9) now in preparation.