§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will state the number of retirement pensioners in Scotland, Wales and in the eight English regions; if she will express each figure as a percentage of the total population in the two countries and the eight regions; and if she will express the figures for each of the two countries and the eight regions as a percentage relative to the average for Great Britain.
§ Mr. Robert C. BrownI regret that the information is not available in the form requested. Information about pensioners in Great Britain, Scotland, Wales and England as a whole is as follows:
Country Number of retirement pensioners at November 1973 Retirement pensioners as a percentage of the total population of the relevant country (Estimate) Retirement pensioners in each country as a percentage of those in Great Britain Great Britain 7,800,000 14.3 100.0 Scotland 709,000 13.6 9.1 Wales 417,000 15.2 5.4 England 6,674,000 14.4 85.5