HC Deb 19 May 2000 vol 350 cc311-2W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many pensioners there are in each London borough, broken down by age, indicating the total number aged(a) 75 to 79 and (b) 80 and older, in each of those areas. [122711]

Mr. Rooker

The precise information requested is not available. Estimates of the numbers of people of pensionable age, broken down by the age bands requested, are given in the table.

Mid-1998 estimates of the number of people of pensionable age, by London borough
65+ male/ 60+ female 75–79 80+
City of London 1,100 200 300
Barking and Dagenham 28,200 5,700 5,900
Barnet 51,900 9,500 13,400
Bexley 38,800 7,000 8,400
Brent 32,900 5,100 6,300
Bromley 57,800 10,900 13,200
Camden 27,400 4,900 6,800
Croydon 49,700 8,800 10,800
Ealing 40,500 7,100 9,100
Enfield 43,300 7,800 11,100
Greenwich 32,800 6,500 7,600
Hackney 23,700 3,900 5,300
Hammersmith and Fulham 20,100 3,500 4,800
Haringey 27,000 4,500 6,000
Harrow 33,500 5,900 9,000

Mid-1998 estimates of the number of people of pensionable age, by London borough
65+ male/60+ female 75–79 80+
Havering 44,500 8,600 8,600
Hillingdon 40,100 7,500 9,400
Hounslow 29,800 5,200 7,000
Islington 24,000 4,200 5,200
Kensington and Chelsea 22,500 3,800 5,500
Kingston upon Thames 23,200 4,400 5,900
Lambeth 32,800 5,800 7,100
Lewisham 35,000 6,400 8,200
Merton 27,200 5,000 7,000
Newham 27,000 5,000 5,700
Redbridge 38,000 7,100 9,300
Richmond upon Thames 30,000 5,700 8,200
Southwark 31,700 6,000 6,600
Sutton 29,700 5,500 7,400
Tower Hamlets 23,800 4,200 4,600
Waltham Forest 31,700 5,800 8,200
Wandsworth 36,100 6,800 9,100
Westminster 31,900 5,300 7,500

Notes;

1. Mid-1998 population estimates supplied by the Office for National Statistics, rounded to the nearest 100 persons.

2. The numbers of the population of pensionable age are not necessarily the same as the numbers of the population that are pensioners.

3. 'Pensionable age' represents males aged 65 and over and females aged 60 and over.