The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply to the hon. Member.
Letter from Jil Matheson, dated December 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your question asking what the population was of each district and unitary authority in the East of England on the latest date for which figures are available. (305099)
The attached table shows the number of people resident in each local authority district and unitary authority area within the East of England region in mid-2008. These are the latest data available.
Area Persons all ages (thousand) East Luton UA 192 Peterborough UA 164 Southend-on-Sea UA 164 Thurrock UA 152 Bedfordshire Bedford 156 Mid Bedfordshire 135 South Bedfordshire 120 Cambridgeshire Cambridge 123 East Cambridgeshire 82 Fenland 92 Huntingdonshire 169 South Cambridgeshire 139 Essex Basildon 173 Braintree 142 Brentwood 73 Castle Point 90 Chelmsford 167 Colchester 181 Epping Forest 124 Harlow 79 Maldon 63 Rochford 83 Tendring 148 Uttlesford 74 Hertfordshire Broxbourne 90 Dacorum 140 East Hertfordshire 136 Hertsmere 99 North Hertfordshire 124 St. Albans 134 Stevenage 80 Three Rivers 88 Watford 81 Welwyn Hatfield 108 Norfolk Breckland 132 Broadland 123 Great Yarmouth 94 King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 145 North Norfolk 102 Norwich 136 South Norfolk 119 Suffolk Babergh 87 Forest Heath 65 Ipswich 122 Mid Suffolk 95 St. Edmundsbury 104 Suffolk Coastal 126 Waveney 118 Source: Office for National Statistics.