Children: Essex Mr. Amess To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many children of school age there have been in (a) Essex and (b) Southend in each year since 1997. Angela E. Smith The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply. Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated March 2010: As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many children of school age there have been in (a) Essex and (b) Southend in each year since 1997 (320603). The attached table shows the number of children aged 5-16 inclusive, calculated for each mid-year from 1997 to 2008, which are the latest population estimates available. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Essex |Southend on Sea| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997 |193,800|24,100 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998 |194,000|24,300 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999 |197,500|24,400 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |199,500|24,300 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |200,900|24,400 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |202,100|24,400 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |203,400|24,300 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |203,700|24,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |203,400|23,800 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |202,400|23,400 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007 |201,400|23,100 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2008 |200,100|23,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Ages five to 16 inclusive.Source:Office for National Statistics| | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------