§ Mr. Ray Powellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many men over the age of 60 years are in full-time employment; and what percentage of these are receiving long periods of sickness or industrial injury benefit.
§ Mr. RossiIt is estimated that in June 1979, the latest date for which information is available, 900,000 men aged 60 or over were in full-time employment in Great Britain. At that time, 183,000 men over age 60 had been claiming incapacity benefit—sickness, invalidity or industrial injury benefits—continuously for more than six months.