[holding answer 4 December 2006]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 11 December 2006:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many (a) males and (b) females who defined themselves as Irish (i) of pensionable age, (ii) aged over 75 and (iii) aged over 80 were resident in each ward in the UK. (107701)
The number of people resident in each ward in England and Wales, who described their ethnicity to be Irish, by sex and 5-year age groups, is available in table SI01 on the DVD Standard Tables for Wards in England and Wales, which is available in the House of Commons Library and also on request from2001 Census Customer Services [census.customerservices@ons.gsi.gov.uk].
The equivalent table for Scotland is S235, which has been placed in the House of Commons Library.
Unlike England and Wales and Scotland, the ethnic question in the 2001 Northern Ireland Census did not include a separate "Irish" tick box response option. Accordingly, comparable figures cannot be provided for Northern Ireland.