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Elderly

Volume 486: debated on Thursday 15 January 2009

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what estimate the Office of National Statistics has made of the number of people over (a) 60 and (b) 80 years old there will be in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) England in each year to 2015. (247598)

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your question about what the projected population aged over (a) 60 years, and over (b) 80 years is in (i) North Yorkshire; (ii) England in each year to 2015. (247598)

The attached table shows the projected population aged 60 and over and 80 and over for 2009 to 2015 for North Yorkshire and England. These data are taken from the 2006-based Subnational Population Projections published on 12 June 2008, and are the most recent projections available.

2006-based subnational population projections for persons aged 60 and over, and 80 and over, England and North Yorkshire 2009-15

Thousand

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

England

Persons aged 60 and over

11,521

11,705

11,872

12,037

12,205

12,380

12,552

Persons aged 80 and over

2,387

2,435

2,487

2,536

2,584

2,632

2,692

North Yorkshire

Persons aged 60 and over

164

167

171

174

177

180

184

Persons aged 80 and over

34

34

35

36

37

38

39

Note:

The projections relate to mid-year

Source:

Office for National Statistics