Scotland Office written question – answered at on 24 July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people of pensionable age there are in each constituency in Scotland.
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 |
19643 | 12856 | ||
Na h-Eileanan an Iar | 6541 | Glasgow North | 11530 |
Midlothian | 17187 | 13685 | |
North Ayrshire & Arran | 21715 | Glasgow South | 13302 |
Orkney & Shetland | 9929 | 12633 | |
19039 | 13489 | ||
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 | 19413 | |
Bathgate & Linlithgow | 16280 | 22168 | |
Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross | 22936 | Moray West, Nairn & Strathspey | 21530 |
Coatbridge & Bellshill | 15343 | Motherwell, Wishaw & Carluke | 16914 |
Cowdenbeath & Kirkcaldy | 19633 | 21192 | |
Cumbernauld & Kirkintilloch | 16691 | Paisley & Renfrewshire North | 16629 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 24389 | Paisley & Renfrewshire South | 17158 |
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale | 21473 | Perth & Kinross-shire | 22354 |
16396 | Rutherglen | 16976 | |
Dunfermline & Dollar | 17223 | Stirling & Strathallan | 20043 |
East Kilbride & Strathaven | 17844 | 17131 | |
Edinburgh East & Musselburgh | 15006 | Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock | 21464 |
Edinburgh North & Leith | 13067 | Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk | 24245 |
Edinburgh South | 16692 | 19687 | |
15448 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | 18931 | |
19583 | West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine | 18983 | |
Falkirk | 17612 |
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No1 person thinks not
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