§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by region the population of females over 60 years and males over 65 years.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information requested is as follows.
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Name Number of constituencies Average number of electors per constituency on 1989 register Amount by which average constituency size differs from 1989 electoral quota1 ENGLAND 523 169,533 Shire counties Isle of Wight 1 101,859 46.5 Wiltshire 5 85,552 23.0 Gloucestershire 5 82,135 18.1 Cambridgeshire 6 81,326 17.0 West Sussex 7 80,014 15.1 Suffolk 6 79,811 14.8 Hampshire 15 79,399 14.2 Berkshire 7 79,170 13.9 North Yorkshire 7 79,146 13.8 Buckinghamshire 6 78,642 13.1 Bedfordshire 5 77,815 11.9 Shropshire 4 77,545 11.5 Warwickshire 5 75,741 8.9 Lincolnshire 6 75,678 8.8 Hertfordshire 10 75,368 8.4 Leicestershire 9 74,831 7.6 Hereford and Worcester 7 74,548 7.2 Humberside 9 73,905 6.3 Cheshire 10 73,848 6.2 Essex 16 73,792 6.1 Dorset 8 73,743 6.1 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 5 73,296 5.4 Staffordshire 11 73,037 5.0 Norfolk 8 73,005 5.0 Northamptonshire 6 72,639 4.5 Avon 10 72,637 4.5 Somerset 5 72,530 4.3 Derbyshire 10 72,426 4.2 Surrey 11 72,400 4.1 Kent 16 71,976 3.5 Devon 11 71,243 2.5 Nottinghamshire 11 71,115 2.3 Oxfordshire 6 70,290 1.1 Cleveland 6 69,881 0.5 East Sussex 8 69,787 0.4 Durham 6 66,858 -3.8
Mid 1987 estimates of resident population (thousands) Males aged 65 and over Females aged 60 and over Total persons over retirement age England 2,949.0 5,750.8 8,699.8 North 186.7 374.0 560.7 Yorkshire and Humberside 302.1 596.2 898.4 East Midlands 243.9 454.4 698.3 East Anglia 138.2 247.8 385.9 South East 1,063.1 2,075.6 3,138.7 South West 333.3 632.7 966.0 West Midlands 306.5 591.1 897.6 North West 375.2 778.9 1,154.1 Wales 183.8 365.2 548.9 Scotland 286.7 606.9 893.6 Northern Ireland 74.9 152.7 227.6 Population estimates relating to mid-1988 are currently being prepared and will become available shortly.