Office for National Statistics Forecasts

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance – in the Senedd at 1:33 pm on 14 November 2018.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 1:33, 14 November 2018

I thank Dawn Bowden for that. Across the United Kingdom, the proportion of the population of working age is projected to fall. The Office for National Statistics' work in this area does not provide forecasts in the conventional sense. The figures simply project into the future the patterns of the past, without any reference to new challenges or opportunities.