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East Midlands projected to be fastest growing region in England |
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New local population projections released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the fastest growing English region, over the 10 year period 2006 to 2016, is expected to be the East Midlands.
The East Midlands region is projected to increase in population by 11 per cent, increasing by 0.5 million to 4.8 million. The projections are based on the assumption that recent trends in fertility, mortality and migration will continue. They provide the best available estimate of future population levels that would result from these trends. They take no account of local development policy, economic factors or capacity of areas to accommodate population. Their aim is simply to provide an indication of future population size and structure in any year should the assumptions used be realised.
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