§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give his Department's best estimate of the distribution of disabled people in degree of incapacity categories under the age of 60 years in 10 year periods for the years 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–8, 1978–79, 1979–80 and 1980–81.
§ Mr. RossiFigures are not available in the form requested. However, for the years 1974–75 to 1978–79 in the case of England and for the years 1974–75 to 1979–80 in the case of Wales the numbers on the general classes registers are as follows. Such registers are not kept in Scotland, and in Northern Ireland figures have not so far been kept in this form.
Commons Library) gives information about the physical condition of the elderly; it is based on the results of a survey carried out in 1976.
Population of England and Wales (Persons) (thousands) Mid-year Age-group 60–69 70–74 75–79 80 and over Estimates 1970 5215 1732 1174 1124 1975 5328 1965 1287 1203 1980 5011 2100 1476 1335 Projections 1985 5013 2094 1573 1510 1990 4992 1871 1582 1673 1995 4600 2089 1425 1764