The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 6 December 2007:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your questions regarding how many and what proportion of people in Suffolk were aged 65 years and over in each year since 1997. (171620)
Table 1 shows the population aged 65 and over and the percentage of population aged 65 and over for Suffolk for the years requested.
The latest population estimates available are for mid-2006.
Mid-year 65 plus Percentage of population 65 plus 1997 118,000 18 1998 119,000 18 1999 120,000 18 2000 121,000 18 2001 123,000 18 2002 124,000 .18 2003 126,000 19 2004 128,000 19 2005 130,000 19 2006 131,000 19 Note: Data are rounded to the nearest 1000 Source: Office for National Statistics