§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 7 June 2000,Official Report, column 274W, how many pensioner households there are in the Christchurch constituency comprising one or more people aged 75 years or over; and what was the basis for his calculation of the number of pensioners aged 75 years and over in that constituency. [125976]
§ Mr. Andrew Smith[holding answer 15 June 2000]: The latest available information comes from the 1991 Census New Parliamentary Constituency Monitor for the South West Government Office Region, published by the Office for National Statistics. It shows the population of the Christchurch constituency as 80,938, of which 5.3 per cent. were men aged 75 and over and 8.4 per cent. were women aged 75 and over. The Monitor does not give information on pensioner households broken down by age.