§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information he has as to how many people there are of retirement age in each district authority in Cambridgeshire; what proportion live alone; and how many and what proportion of the people of retirement age are (a) married, (b) single men and (c) single women.
§ Mrs. CurrieOnly the number of people of retirement age (taken as 65 for men and 60 for women) is available annually; the remaining information is taken from the 1981 census of population. Hence the latest mailable information is as follows:
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District Persons of retirement age, mid-1985 Persons of retirement age, 1981 Census Males Females Persons Living alone Married persons Single males Single females (000's) (000's) (000's) (Per cent.) (000's) (Per cent.) (000's) (Percent.) (000's) (Per cent.) Cambridge 5.8 12.5 18.3 31.6 9.4 54.0 0.4 7.5 1.6 13.5 East Cambridgeshire 4.2 6.9 11.1 27.0 6.0 60.0 0.3 8.4 0.5 7.7 Fenland 4.9 8.9 13.8 27.7 7.6 57.9 0.3 7.0 0.6 7.6 Huntingdon 6.1 11.1 17.2 26.8 9.4 59.1 0.4 7.2 0.8 8.2 Peterborough 7.5 13.8 21.3 28.2 11.1 59.0 0.4 6.6 0.9 7.5 South Cambridgeshire 6.2 11.9 18.1 26.0 9.9 59.8 0.4 7.2 1.0 9.8