Pensioners: Scotland

Scotland Office written question – answered at on 24 July 2024.

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

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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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