Elderly

Mr. Waterson
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her estimate is of the number of over-80s households in (a) Eastbourne, (b) East Sussex and (c) the UK in the 2008-09 fiscal year.

Margaret Beckett
The following table shows the projected number of over-80s households in Eastbourne, East Sussex and England for mid-2008:

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|           |Number (Thousand)|
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|Eastbourne |5                |
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|East Sussex|35               |
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|England    |1,690            |
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The figures are from the Communities and Local Government Household Projections (revised 2004-based). These provide figures for England only.