HC Deb 16 October 1995 vol 264 cc148-9W
Mr. Harvey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the population in each English and Welsh county is over pensionable age; and what is the English and Scottish average. [36715]

Mr. Sackville

The information is in the table.

Mid-1994 population estimates Persons of pensionable age(1) as a percentage of all residents
Percentage
Great Britain 18.3
England 18.3
Wales 19.9
Scotland 17.8
Counties.-
Greater London 15.7
Greater Manchester 17.3
Merseyside 18.7
South Yorkshire 18.5
Tyne and Wear 18.9
West Midlands 17.8
West Yorkshire 17.4
Avon 18.7
Bedfordshire 14.8
Berkshire 14.5
Buckinghamshire 14.6
Cambridgeshire 16.4
Cheshire 17.6
Cleveland 16.8
Cornwall and Isle of Scilly 22.8
Cumbria 20.3
Derbyshire 18.7
Devon 22.8
Dorset 25.2
Durham 18.6
East Sussex 24.8
Essex 18.7
Gloucestershire 19.7
Hampshire 17.8
Hereford and Worcester 19.0
Hertfordshire 17.1
Humberside 18.7
Isle of Wight 26.4
Kent 19.0
Lancashire 19.2
Leicestershire 17.0
Lincolnshire 21.3
Norfolk 22.1
Northamptonshire 16.6
Northumberland 19.6
North Yorkshire 20.4
Nottinghamshire 18.0
Oxfordshire 16.1
Shropshire 18.3
Somerset 21.9
Staffordshire 17.3
Suffolk 20.3
Surrey 18.6
Warwickshire 18.1
West Sussex 23.5
Wiltshire 17.7
Clwyd 20.5
Dyfed 22.0
Gwent 18.9
Gwynedd 22.8
Mid-Glamorgan 18.1
Powys 22.0
South Glamorgan 18.1
West Glamorgan 20.6

Source:

Population Estimates Unit, OPCS.

1 65 and over for Unit, OPCS.