§ Mr. Litherlandasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of the population of Manchester are single elderly over the age of 60 years; and what is the percentage of single elderly in the Manchester, Central constituency compared with the city and for the United Kingdom as a whole.
§ Sir George YoungThe latest available information I have about the marital condition of Manchester's population is derived from the 1971 census. At that time, the percentage of the population consisting of single persons aged 60 or over was 2.6 for Manchester; 2.3 for the constituency of Manchester, Central; and 2.2 for the United Kingdom as a whole.