Treasury written question – answered at on 14 September 2004.
Mr Denzil Davies
Labour, Llanelli
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the ratio of workers to pensioners in the (a) United Kingdom, (b) each region of England, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales.
Stephen Timms
Labour, East Ham
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Denzil Davies, dated
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the ratio of workers to pensioners in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) each region of England, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales. I am replying in his absence. (188129)
The attached table gives the estimated ratios of people in employment to the population estimates above pension age by gender and region for the three months ending August 2003.
These ratios have been calculated by dividing the estimated employed population aged 16 and over, obtained from the ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS), by the estimated populations of men aged 65 and over and of women aged 60 and over.
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2.6 | 3.8 | 1.9 |
| North East | 2.2 | 3.2 | 1.6 |
| North West (inc Merseyside) | 2.4 | 3.6 | 1.8 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 2.5 | 3.7 | 1.8 |
| East Midlands | 2.5 | 3.7 | 1.9 |
| West Midlands | 2.5 | 3.6 | 1.8 |
| Eastern | 2.5 | 3.7 | 1.9 |
| London | 3.3 | 5.1 | 2.3 |
| South-East | 2.6 | 3.8 | 1.9 |
| South West | 2.2 | 3.2 | 1.7 |
| Wales | 2.2 | 3.2 | 1.7 |
| Scotland | 2.5 | 3.8 | 1.8 |
| Northern Ireland | 2.7 | 4.3 | 1.8 |
| United Kingdom | 2.5 | 3.7 | 1.8 |
(10) Pension age is defined as women aged 60 plus and men aged 65 plus. Ratio was calculated as people in employment divided by number of people above pension age.
Source:
ONS—Population Estimates
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