§ Mr. Gowasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is her latest estimate of the proportion of people over the age of 65 years living in Eastbourne; and what were the comparable figures in each of the last five years.
§ Dr. OwenThe estimates are as follows:
per cent. 1971 … … … … 27.8 1972 … … … … 28.5 1973 … … … … 29.0 1974 … … … … 29.1 (provisional) Comparable figures for earlier years are not available.
§ Mr. Gowasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is her latest estimate of the the proportion of people living in Eastbourne parliamentary constituency over the age of 65 years; and whether there are any other constituencies with a higher proportion of such people.
§ Dr. Owen30.4 per cent. on April 26th 1971, according to the Census of Population. The only constituency with a higher proportion was Worthing, with 33.9 per cent.