The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 28 March 2007:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your question about the number of births forecast in each strategic health authority area of England for (a) 2010, (b) 2020 and (c) 2030. I am replying in her absence. (129886)
The most recent projection of the number of births at strategic health authority area was made as part of the 2004-based subnational population projections published by the Office for National Statistics in October 2006.
The attached table gives the projected figures for each strategic health authority for the year to mid~2010) 2020 and 2029 (the final year of the 25 year projection horizon) as used in the 2004-based subnational population projections.
Thousand 2009-10 2019-20 2028-29 North East 27 27 26 North West 78 80 77 Yorkshire and the Humber 59 62 61 East Midlands 46 48 47 West Midlands 63 65 63 East 62 64 63 London 116 122 122 South East Coast 46 48 48 South Central 45 47 46 South West 51 54 53