HC Deb 20 July 2001 vol 372 c574W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many(a) men and (b) women over the age of 100 there are in the United Kingdom. [6384]

Ruth Kelly

As part of the process of making national population projections, the Government Actuary's Department produces estimates of the population aged 100 and over. The latest set of national projections were based on the estimated population at mid-1998. The estimated numbers aged 100 and over in the United Kingdom at mid-1998 were(a) 1,000 men and (b) 7,000 women.