§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the numbers of(a) young people under the age of 16 years and (b) retired people living in each parliamentary constituency in Scotland. [74407]
§ Mr. McLeishThe information requested is given in the table. The population figures have been prepared by a method which involves a certain degree of approximation and therefore should be treated with some caution.
From 1 July 1999 this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.
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Parliamentary Constituency Estimate of population aged under 16 (as at 30 June 1997) Estimate of population of pensionable age1 (as at 30 June 1997) Aberdeen Central 12,423 11,717 Aberdeen North 12,723 11,999 Aberdeen South 14,101 13,299 Airdrie and Shotts 16,207 12,807 Angus 15,406 15,217 Argyll and Bute 11,666 14,299 Ayr 13,612 15,019 Banff and Buchan 16,058 13,040 Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 10,835 10,438 Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 17,320 16,766 Central Fife 15,327 13,964 Clydebank and Milngavie 14,014 13,113 Clydesdale 16,716 13,967 Coatbridge and Chryston 14,347 11,223 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 14,116 8,316 Cunninghame North 15,437 13,050 Cunninghame South 13,890 11,742 Dumbarton 16,008 12,762 Dumfries 15,561 16,475 Dundee East 14,237 14,914 Dundee West 13,826 14,483 Dunfermline East 14,015 11,269 Dunfermline West 14,387 11,389 East Kilbride 18,305 13,656 East Lothian 14,814 14,322 Eastwood 17,656 15,302 Edinburgh Central 13,823 14,144 Edinburgh East and Musselburgh 13,468 13,611 Edinburgh North and Leith 13,334 13,644 Edinburgh Pentlands 13,106 13,410 Edinburgh South 13,764 14,083 Edinburgh West 13,378 13,688 Falkirk East 14,704 12,984 Falkirk West 13,631 12,037 Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 13,245 15,075 Glasgow Anniesland 13,615 12,427 Glasgow Baillieston 12,510 11,418 Glasgow Cathcart 12,858 11,736 Glasgow Govan 12,971 11,839 Glasgow Kelvin 14,549 13,279 Glasgow Maryhill 13,643 12,453 Glasgow Pollok 12,316 11,242 Glasgow Rutherglen 13,019 11,883 Glasgow Shettleston 12,292 11,220 Glasgow Springburn 13,623 12,434 Gordon 17,180 11,704 Greenock and Inverclyde 13,042 11,793 Hamilton North and Bellshill 14,795 11,985 Hamilton South 12,586 9,765 Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber 17,290 15,099 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 16,058 14,863 Kirkcaldy 13,501 12,301 Linlithgow 15,536 9,440 Livingston 17,544 10,659 Midlothian 12,792 10,416 Moray 16,518 14,136 Motherwell and Wilshaw 14,523 11,963
Parliamentary Constituency Estimate of population aged under 16 (as at 30 June 1997) Estimate of population of pensionable age1 (as at 30 June 1997) North East Fife 13,471 15,202 North Tayside 15,701 16,106 Ochil 15,399 13,289 Orkney and Shetland 9,486 7,122 Paisley North 13,198 10,918 Paisley South 14,394 11,907 Perth 15,170 16,321 Ross, Skye and Inverness West 15,111 12,744 Roxburgh and Berwickshire 11,032 13,162 Stirling 13,051 12,092 Strathkelvin and Bearsden 16,448 13,875 Tweedale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 12,762 12,858 West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 17,445 11,896 West Renfewshire 14,065 12,005 Western Isles 5,714 5,930 1 Comprises males aged 65 and over, and females aged 60 and over