§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the best estimate of the current number of elderly people(a) aged over 85 years, (b) aged 75 to 85 years and (c) aged 65 to 75 years in (i) Wales as a whole, (ii) in each county in Wales and (iii) in each district in Wales.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe 1990 mid-year estimates of population, produced by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, of age groups over 85, 75 to 84 and 65 to 74 for the counties and county districts of Wales are given in the table:214W
85 + 75–84 65–74 WALES 44,500 161,700 274,100 Clwyd 6,900 24,400 39,000 Dyfed 5,600 21,400 36,800 Gwent 6,200 23,100 41,100 Gwynedd 4,900 16,000 24,500 Mid Glamorgan 6,800 27,300 48,300 Powys 1,800 7,300 12,200 South Glamorgan 6,500 21,000 35,800 West Glamorgan 5,900 21,300 36,300 Alyn and Deeside 800 3,400 6,100 Colwyn 1,300 4,300 6,300 Delyn 900 3,400 5,800 Glyndwr 700 2,800 4,400 Rhuddlan 1,400 4,400 6,200 Wrexham Maelor 1,700 6,100 10,300 Carmarthen 800 3,500 6,300 Ceredigion 1,300 4,300 7,100 Dinefwr 600 2,400 4,100 Llanelli 1,500 5,000 8,500 Preseli Pembrokeshire 900 3,800 6,800 South Pembrokeshire 600 2,300 3,900 Blaenau Gwent 1,300 4,600 7,600 Islwyn 1,200 3,600 6,200 Monmouth 1,100 4,300 7,400 Newport 1,500 6,300 11,500 Torfaen 1,100 4,400 8,400 Aberconwy 1,400 4,400 6,300 Arfon 1,000 3,200 4,900 Dwyfor 600 2,000 3,200 Meirionnydd 800 2,300 3,500 Ynys Mon 1,200 4,100 6,600 Cynon Valley 1,000 3,800 6,500 Merthyr Tydfil 900 3,200 5,500 Ogwr 1,600 7,000 12,400 Rhondda 1,300 4,900 8,000 Rhymney Valley 1,000 4,500 8,300 Taff-Ely 1,000 4,000 7,600 Brecknock 600 2,600 4,500 Montgomeryshire 800 3,100 5,200 Radnorshire 300 1,600 2,500 Cardiff 4,700 15,300 25,700 Vale of Glamorgan 1,700 5,700 10,200 Port Talbot 800 2,900 5,200 Lliw Valley 1,100 3,800 6,300 Neath 1,100 3,900 6,500 Swansea 3,000 10,700 18,200 Note: Figures may not add up due to rounding.