Question to the Scotland Office:
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 |
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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