The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Jil Matheson, dated December 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what the projected population is for each district in Gloucestershire in (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2020 and (d) 2025 [309135].
The subnational population projections are demographic trend-based projections that indicate what the population levels of an area are likely to be if recently observed trends in fertility, mortality and migration were to continue. They take no account of future policies or developments which may affect trends.
The projections you requested are provided in Table 1 below. They are 2006-based Subnational Population Projections which were published by the Office for National Statistics on 12 June 2008.
Thousand LA 2010 2015 2020 2025 Cheltenham 114 117 120 123 Cotswold 86 89 93 96 Forest of Dean 83 86 88 91 Gloucester 117 122 126 131 Stroud 113 117 121 126 Tewkesbury 81 84 88 91