§ Mr. Penhaligonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list county by county the percentage of the population that is retired.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe most recent figures of the retired are from the 1971 census, 421W and they relate to people who were described as retired on the census form. Estimates of the numbers of persons of pensionable age are available for mid-
Area Percentage enumerated population retired* Percentage population aged 65 and over (males) and 60 and over (females) 1971 Census 1971 Census Mid-1976 Greater London … 10 16 18 Metropolitan Counties Greater Manchester … 10 16 17 Merseyside … 9 15 17 South Yorkshire … 9 15 16 Tyne and Wear … 9 16 17 West Midlands … 8 14 15 West Yorkshire … 10 16 17 Non-Metropolitan Counties Avon … 11 17 18 Bedfordshire … 8 13 13 Berkshire … 8 13 14 Buckinghamshire … 8 14 14 Cambridgeshire … 9 15 15 Cheshire … 9 14 15 Cleveland … 8 13 14 Cornwall … 15 21 21 Cumbria … 10 17 19 Derbyshire … 10 16 17 Devon … 15 22 23 Dorset … 17 24 24 Durham … 9 16 16 East Sussex … 20 28 29 Essex … 10 16 16 Gloucestershire … 11 17 17 Hampshire … 10 16 17 Hereford and Worcester … 9 16 16 Hertfordshire … 8 13 14 Humberside … 9 16 17 Isle of Wight … 18 25 25 Kent … 12 18 18 Lancashire … 13 19 20 Leicestershire … 9 15 16 Lincolnshire … 10 17 18 Norfolk … 12 19 20 Northamptonshire … 8 16 16 Northumberland … 10 17 18 North Yorkshire … 12 19 18 Nottinghamshire … 10 15 16 Oxfordshire … 8 14 15 Salop … 9 16 16 Somerset … 13 19 20 Staffordshire … 8 14 14 Suffolk … 12 18 18 Surrey … 10 16 17 Warwickshire … 8 14 14 West Sussex … 16 24 24 Wiltshire … 9 15 16 Clwyd … 12 19 19 Dyfed … 12 19 19 Gwent … 10 15 16 Gwynedd … 14 21 21 Mid-Glamorgan … 10 15 16 Powys … 13 19 20 South Glamorgan … 10 16 17 West Glamorgan … 10 17 18 * Does not include women who were described as housewives.