Pensioners

(asked on 29th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the population share is of pensioners in (a) Wales, (b) England, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland.


Answered by
Torsten Bell Portrait
Torsten Bell
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 3rd November 2026

Information on the age structure of the population is published by the Office for National Statistics. The latest population estimates are available in the ONS publication “Estimates of the population for the UK, England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland”.

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