§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many widows and widowers there are in the United Kingdom;
(2) how many widows and widowers in the United Kingdom have dependent children.
§ Mr. Alec JonesThe numbers of widows and widowers enumerated in the United Kingdom and Great Britain by the 1971 Census of Population were:
United Kingdom Great Britain Widows 3,138,628 3,068,195 Widowers 762,420 743,890 The figures for widows and widowers with dependent children are not available for the United Kingdom.
The 1971 Census of Population of Great Britain showed 131,120 widows and 33,690 widowers with dependent children under 19 years of age.