HC Deb 22 December 1972 vol 848 cc503-4W
Mr. David Steel

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing

Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee Education Authorities, respectively, have a main qualification in physical education, home economics, technical subjects such as woodwork or metalwork, music, drama, and art, respectively.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

The information is as follows:

county by county the percentage of the population over 65 years of age and over 75 years of age, respectively, in 1971.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

The information is set out in the table below:

PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION AGED 65 AND OVER 75 AND OVER, SCOTLAND AND COUNTIES 1971
Percentage of all ages
Area 65 + 75+
Scotland 12.3 4.2
Counties of Cities:
Aberdeen 13.9 4.7
Dundee 12.6 4.3
Edinburgh 14.4 5.0
Glasgow 12.1 4.1
Counties (excluding cities)
Aberdeen 13.7 4.9
Angus 15.4 5.7
Argyll 18.4 7.1
Ayr 12.1 3.9
Banff 14.9 5.4
Berwick 17.3 6.3
Bute 25.4 10.7
Caithness 11.5 3.9
Clackmannan 10.3 3.3
Dumfries 13.3 4.6
Dunbarton 9.3 2.8
East Lothian 13.5 4.6
Fife 12.3 4.1
Inverness 14.5 5.2
Kincardine 14.6 5.4
Kinross 15.1 5.6
Kirkcudbright 15.8 5.8
Lanark 9.5 2.9
Midlothian 8.7 2.8
Moray 12.2 4.4
Nairn 17.1 6.6
Orkney 16.0 5.8
Peebles 18.8 7.6
Perth 15.8 5.5
Renfrew 10.9 3.5
Ross & Cromarty 16.3 6.1
Roxburgh 16.7 6.2
Selkirk 16.0 5.6
Stirling 11.0 3.4
Sutherland 17.2 6.4
West Lothian 9.9 3.2
Wigtown 13.1 4.3
Zetland 16.8 6.5