Written question asked by Martin McCluskey (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 July 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 July 2024. It was answered by Ian Murray (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 July 2024 on behalf of the Scotland Office.

Pensioners: Scotland

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people of pensionable age there are in each constituency in Scotland.

Answer

As you may be aware, the current State Pension age is 66 for both men and woman, with the state pension age set to rise to 67 between 2026 and 2028. The most recent population data by Scottish constituency, collected on Census Day 20 March 2022, is set out below.

Constituency	Total aged 66 and over	Constituency	Total aged 66 and over
East Renfrewshire	19643	Glasgow East	12856
Na h-Eileanan an Iar	6541	Glasgow North	11530
Midlothian	17187	Glasgow North East	13685
North Ayrshire & Arran	21715	Glasgow South	13302
Orkney & Shetland	9929	Glasgow South West	12633
Aberdeen North	19039	Glasgow West	13489
Aberdeen South	16777	Glenrothes & Mid Fife	18257
Aberdeenshire North & Moray East	20932	Gordon & Buchan	17908
Airdrie & Shotts	15166	Hamilton & Clyde Valley	18673
Alloa & Grangemouth	17579	Inverclyde & Renfrewshire West	18918
Angus & Perthshire Glens	24265	Inverness, Skye & West Ross-shire	21123
Arbroath & Broughty Ferry	22136	Livingston	16365
Argyll, Bute & South Lochaber	23315	Lothian East	19413
Bathgate & Linlithgow	16280	Mid Dunbartonshire	22168
Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	22936	Moray West, Nairn & Strathspey	21530
Coatbridge & Bellshill	15343	Motherwell, Wishaw & Carluke	16914
Cowdenbeath & Kirkcaldy	19633	North East Fife	21192
Cumbernauld & Kirkintilloch	16691	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	16629
Dumfries & Galloway	24389	Paisley & Renfrewshire South	17158
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale	21473	Perth & Kinross-shire	22354
Dundee Central	16396	Rutherglen	16976
Dunfermline & Dollar	17223	Stirling & Strathallan	20043
East Kilbride & Strathaven	17844	West Dunbartonshire	17131
Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	15006	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	21464
Edinburgh North & Leith	13067	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	24245
Edinburgh South	16692	Central Ayrshire	19687
Edinburgh South West	15448	Kilmarnock & Loudoun	18931
Edinburgh West	19583	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	18983
Falkirk	17612

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Type: Written question
Reference: 540
Session: 2024-26
Subjects: Pensioners Scotland
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Pensioners: Scotland

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