§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the life expectancy at birth for men and women in each of the following years: 1900, 1920, 1940, 1960 and 1975.
§ Mr. MoyleThe available information on expectations of life at birth (in years) for males and females is as follows:
Males Females 1901–1910 48.5 52.4 1920–1922 55.6 59.6 1930–1932 58.7 62.9 1950–1952 66.4 71.5 1960–1962 68.1 74.0 1972–1974 69.2 75.6 The figures are based on the mortality experience during the periods shown, and do not therefore represent the expectations of life of people who were born in those years.