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Written Answers to Questions

Tuesday 24 October 2006

Scotland

Pensioners

Mr. Marshall: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) male and (b) female pensioners there are in each parliamentary constituency in Scotland. [95774]

David Cairns: The number of male and female state pension claimants in each parliamentary constituency in Scotland is provided in the following table.

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Thousand
		Gender of claimant
Scotland	Total	Female	Male
Total	943.78	603.98	339.8
Aberdeen North	15.31	9.82	5.49
Aberdeen South	15.76	10.21	5.54
Airdrie and Shotts	13.78	8.97	4.81
Angus	17.67	11.19	6.47
Argyll and Bute	19.81	12.55	7.26
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	20.41	12.89	7.52
Banff and Buchan	16.97	10.48	6.5
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	20.54	12.75	7.79
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	12.44	7.79	4.65
Central Ayrshire	17.55	11.32	6.23
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill	14.59	9.46	5.13
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East	13.66	8.8	4.86
Dumfries and Galloway	22.19	13.79	8.4
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	18.44	11.46	6.98
Dundee East	17.04	10.89	6.15
Dundee West	16.34	10.43	5.91
Dunfermline and West Fife	15.54	9.92	5.62
East Dunbartonshire	17.61	11.13	6.48
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow	18.49	11.93	6.55
East Lothian	18.53	11.73	6.79
East Renfrewshire	17.23	11.14	6.09
Edinburgh East	14.2	9.13	5.07
Edinburgh North and Leith	13.44	8.78	4.66
Edinburgh South	14.44	9.54	4.9
Edinburgh South West	14.34	9.25	5.08
Edinburgh West	18.64	11.84	6.8
Falkirk	18.31	11.7	6.6
Glasgow Central	10.69	6.78	3.91
Glasgow East	14.99	9.82	5.17
Glasgow North	9.06	5.91	3.15
Glasgow North East	15.34	10.07	5.26
Glasgow North West	14.64	9.83	4.81
Glasgow South	14.62	9.69	4.93
Glasgow South West	14.45	9.61	4.85
Glenrothes	15.99	10.16	5.83
Gordon	15.25	9.53	5.73
Inverclyde	15.93	10.41	5.52
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	17.36	11.06	6.3
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	17.74	11.34	6.39
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	18.58	11.87	6.71
Lanark and Hamilton East	18.27	11.81	6.45
Linlithgow and East Falkirk	18.38	11.69	6.69
Livingston	13.98	8.94	5.04
Midlothian	14.53	9.23	5.3
Moray	17.28	10.81	6.47
Motherwell and Wishaw	15.73	10.15	5.58
Na h-Eileanan An Iar	6	3.83	2.17
North Ayrshire and Arran	19.68	12.63	7.05
North East Fife	16.91	10.71	6.19
Ochil and South Perthshire	18.63	11.72	6.91
Orkney and Shetland	7.88	4.95	2.93
Paisley and Renfrewshire North	15.57	9.95	5.61
Paisley and Renfrewshire South	16.3	10.55	5.75
Perth and North Perthshire	20.07	12.71	7.36
Ross, Skye and Lochaber	13.18	8.34	4.84
Rutherglen and Hamilton West	17	11.2	5.8
Stirling	15.98	10.15	5.83
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	13.99	8.7	5.28
West Dunbartonshire	16.55	10.91	5.64

House of Commons Commission

Forestry Stewardship Council

Gregory Barker: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what plans the House Administration has to begin refurbishment work to the parliamentary estate; and whether Forestry Stewardship Council wood is planned to be used in such refurbishment. [94386]

Nick Harvey: The parliamentary authorities continue to draw up plans for the ongoing refurbishment and upgrade of the parliamentary estate. All wood used on the estate has to be obtained from sustainable managed sources. The specification of materials allows wood suppliers to source timber from forests or plantations that are properly managed and cause no harm to other ecosystems such as those certified by the Forestry Stewardship Council.

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