§ Mr. Russell Johnstonasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will publish a table showing the number of persons drawing old-age pension, and that number expressed as a percentage of the population in Scotland, the seven crofting counties of Scotland and the County of Inverness, respectively.
§ Mr. PentlandIt is estimated that at 30th June, 1964—the latest date for which208W population figures are available—there were 530,000 retirement pensioners in Scotland, representing a little over 10 per cent. of the total Scottish population.
I regret that statistics relating to the number of retirement pensioners in particular local areas are not available.