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British-Irish Council
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Annual Report – 2012
Demography (Led by the Scottish Government)
Demographic changes are being faced by all British-Irish Council Member Administrations. By
2035 the number of people aged 50+ is projected to rise by 28% and the number aged 75+ is
projected to increase by 82%.
A changing society has implications across a wide range of areas. These include the demand
for, and provision of, public services such as health, education and transport including their
scale, type and location. It also has implications for the size and composition of the working
population and the creation of the wealth necessary to provide public services and fund future
pension contributions.
Demography was adopted by the Council as an area of mutual interest at the eighth Summit in
London in June 2006. In March 2008, Ministers supported, in principle, a work plan for the
work sector centred around key themes on understanding migration and its impact; healthy
independent living, investigating policy interventions, fertility, and student flows.
The work sector’s most recent area of focus on understanding the implications of wider
student flows amongst the Council’s Member Administrations concluded with the publication
of a report on Student flows between Member Administrations. The full report is available at
student-migration-flows
