The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 27 November 2006:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your question asking how many women are expected to reach the state pension age by (a) April 2010 and (b) after April 2010. I am replying in her absence. (102116)
The number of women within the United Kingdom expected to reach state pension age from April to April each year for 2006/07 to 2030/31 can be seen in the attached table.
The figures were derived from the latest official national population projections, which are based on the population at the middle of 2004 and were published in October 2005. These projections allow for the change in the state pension age for women from 60 at April 2010 to 65 at April 2020.
Females reaching SPA1 (Thousand) 2006-07 416 2007-08 418 2008-09 390 2009-10 374 2010-11 182 2011-12 179 2012-13 177 2013-14 176 2014-15 176 2015-16 176 2016-17 177 2017-18 177 2018-19 176 2019-20 175 2020-21 355 2021-22 366 2022-23 378 2023-24 385 2024-25 392 2025-26 406 2026-27 418 2027-28 430 2028-29 438 2029-30 442 2030-31 441 1 Rounded to the nearest thousand. Derived from 2004-based national population projections for United Kingdom (GAD). Note: The above figures give estimates for the numbers in the UK population reaching SPA in the financial years shown. They do not include those emigrating from the UK before reaching SPA and who may have entitlement to some UK state pension, but do include those migrating to the UK before SPA and who are resident in the UK on reaching SPA.