§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people who will be of pensionable age in each of the next 10 years.[138045]
§ Miss Melanie Johnson[holding answer 13 November 2000]: The most recent actual figures relate to mid-1999. They are given in "Population Trends 101", Table 1.5. The Government Actuary's latest projections of the number of people over state pension age, based on the population at mid-1998, are available on the CD ROM accompanying "National population projections:1998-based" (ONS Series no. 22) or on the GAD website http://www. gad. gov.uk/population/1998/pop98. html.