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Population Statistics

Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 23 October 2006:"The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your question about the percentage of the population of (a) England, (b) Surrey, (c) Reigate constituency and (d) Borough of Reigate and Banstead that is aged over 65 years. I am replying in her absence. (96329)""The latest available population estimates for England, Surrey and the Borough of Reigate and Banstead are the mid-2005 population estimates. These estimates are shown below in table 1, along with the estimated number and percentage of the population aged 65 years and over. Population estimates are not produced for parliamentary constituencies. For this reason, the latest data available for Reigate constituency are from the 2001 Census. These data are given below in table 2."

Table 1: Total population and percentage of population of those aged 65 and over Mid-2005 population estimate
Local Authority	Total population	Population aged 65+	Percentage population aged 65+
England	50,431	8,058,100	16.0
Surrey	1,075,500	176,900	16.4
Borough of Reigate and Banstead	127,200	20,700	16.3
Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. Source:
Office for National Statistics

Table 2: Total population and percentage of population of those aged 65 and over, based on the 2001 Census
Parliamentary constituency	Total population	Population aged 65+	Percentage population aged 65+
Reigate constituency	87,665	14,569	16.6
Note: The data have been taken from KS02 in the Census 2001 Report for Parliamentary Constituencies which is available in the House of Commons Library. Source: Office for National Statistics.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

96329; 450 c1643-4W;450 c1649-50W

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Pensioners Older people Population Surrey Reigate

Link

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