§ Mr. LeighTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many households in Northern Ireland contain two or more persons, excluding students, who do not see themselves as a couple, according to the 2001 Census; how many people there are in such households; how many people there are in such households where both are pensioners; and how many people he estimates there are in such households who are related. [163061]
§ Mr. PearsonAccording to the 2001 Census, there are 69,754 households in Northern Ireland containing two or more persons who are not full-time students, where none of the people in the household see themselves as living in a married or co-habiting couple.
These 69,754 households contain 190,583 people of whom:
- (i) 9,127 are living in "All Pensioner" households; and
- (ii) 176,813 are related to another member of the household.
§ Mr. LeighTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many same-sex households there are in Northern Ireland according to the 2001 Census. [163084]
§ Mr. PearsonAccording to the 2001 Census, there are 288 households in Northern Ireland containing couples of the same-sex who indicated they are living as partners.