§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate the number of pensioner households in England and Wales.
§ Mr. RossiThe following table shows the numbers of households in England and Wales at the time of the 1981 census which contained persons of pensionable age. This, and other information on such households, is published in "Census 1981, National Report, Great Britain, part I."
Private households with one or more persons of pensionable age usually resident England and Wales Number Households with one or more person(s) of pensionable age 6,174,420 Lone man aged 65–74 257,644 Lone man aged 75 and over 209,853 Lone woman aged 60–74 1,137,231 Lone woman aged 75 and over 902,374 Two or more persons all of pensionable age, under 75 1,119,934 Two or more persons all of pensionable age, with at least one person aged 75 and over 656,641 One or more person(s) of pensionable age, with one person under pensionable age 1,241,049 One or more person(s) of pensionable age, with two or more persons under pensionable age 649,694