Births and Deaths Mr. Hoyle To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) births and (b) deaths there were in Chorley constituency in each year since 1997. John Healey The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 22 January 2007: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many (a) births and (b) deaths there were in Chorley constituency in each year since 1997. The table below provides the number of (a) births and (b) deaths in Chorley parliamentary constituency for the years 1997 to 2005 (the latest available). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Births|Deaths| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997 |1,057|1,060| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998 |1,114|994| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999 |1,070|1,018| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |1,047|1,079| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |1,009|1,006| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |1,035|1,025| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |1,103|1,022| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |1,239|1,012| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |1,177|982| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Live births occurring in each year.2 Deaths registered in each year.3 Using boundaries as of 2006 for all years shown.| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------