Cabinet Office written question – answered at on 12 September 2014.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Glen Watson, dated September 2014
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary question to the Minister for the Cabinet Office asking how many births will take place in England in each of the next 10 years.
Projected numbers of births are included in the official national population projections. The most recent national population projections are based on mid-year population estimates for 2012 and were published in 2013. The projected number of births in England is given in the table below.
2012-based national population projections: projected births, England | |
Year to | Projected births |
Mid-2015 | 692,000 |
Mid-2016 | 694,000 |
Mid-2017 | 696,000 |
Mid-2018 | 696,000 |
Mid-2019 | 697,000 |
Mid-2020 | 696,000 |
Mid-2021 | 695,000 |
Mid-2022 | 693,000 |
Mid-2023 | 692,000 |
Mid-2024 | 690,000 |
National population projections are not forecasts and do not attempt to predict the impact of future government policies or changing economic circumstances. They provide an indication of the future size and age structure of the population that might arise if recent demographic trends were to continue. More information on population projections can be found at:
www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/npp/national-population-projections/index.html
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