§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of the population is aged 65 years or over for(a) the United Kingdom, (b) Wales, (c) each Welsh county and (d) each Welsh constituency; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RichardsThe latest available information for the United Kingdom, Wales and each Welsh county is from the 1993 mid-year estimate and for each constituency from the 1991 census of population, as given in the following tables:
Percentage of residents aged 65 or over Per cent. United Kingdom 15.8 Wales 17.3 Clwyd 18.0 Dyfed 19.1 Gwent 16.2 Gwynedd 20.0 Mid Glamorgan 15.6 Powys 19.1 South Glamorgan 15.7 West Glamorgan 17.8 Source:
1993 mid-year population estimate—Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.
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Percentage of residents aged 65 or over Constituencies Per cent. Aberavon 18.2 Alyn and Deeside 14.1 Blaenau Gwent 17.3 Brecon and Radnor 19.9 Bridgend 17.7 Caenarfon 19.6 Caerphilly 13.2 Cardiff Central 13.7 Cardiff North 20.0 Cardiff South and Penarth 16.2 Cardiff West 15.9 Camarthen 19.3 Ceredigion and Pembroke North 19.9 Clwyd North West 23.5 Clwyd South West 18.1 Conwy 22.0
Percentage of residents aged 65 or over Constituencies Per cent. Cynon Valley 17.2 Delyn 17.4 Gower 19.3 Islwyn 15.6 Llanelli 20.4 Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 20.4 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 16.2 Monmouth 18.7 Montgomery 17.7 Neath 18.3 Newport East 14.1 Newport West 16.4 Ogmore 14.5 Pembroke 16.6 Pontypridd 13.8 Rhondda 18.1 Swansea East 14.8 Swansea West 19.4 Torfaen 14.8 Vale of Glamorgan 14.8 Wrexham 16.1 Ynys Mon 17.6 Source:
1991 census of population—Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.