HC Deb 15 February 1971 vol 811 cc327-8W
Mr. Lamond

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of the population of Oldham is of pensionable age; and what is the national percentage.

Mr. Dean

The Registrar General estimates that at mid-1970 about 17 per cent. of the population of Oldham were of pensionable age, compared with 16 per cent. over England and Wales as a whole.