§ Mr. Edward LeighTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households in England and Wales contain two or more persons, excluding students, who do not see themselves as a couple, according to the 2001 Census; how many people are in such households; how many people there are in such households where both are pensioners; and how many people in such households he estimates are related to each other. [163071]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Dennis Roberts to Mr. Edward Leigh, dated 31 March 2004:
The National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many households in England and Wales contain two or more persons, excluding students, who do not see themselves as a couple, according to the 2001 Census; how many people are in such households; how many people there are in such households where both are pensioners; and how many people in such households are related to each other. I am replying in his absence.There were 1,763,170 such households in England and Wales containing 4,616,558 residents. Of these 4,616,558 residents, 183,775 were pensioners living in "All Pensioner" households. This is based on households where none of the residents recorded themselves as part of either a married or a cohabiting couple.These figures supplied are from a special extract taken from the 2001 Census database.Information on how many people in such households are related to each other is not currently available from the 2001 Census for England and Wales. ONS expects to be able to derive and publish this information later in the year.