§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men aged between 60 years and 65 years he estimates are at present employed; and how many and what percentage of such men are unemployed.
§ Mr. Jim LesterIt is estimated that in Great Britain in 1977, the latest year for which information is available, there were about 1 million male employees aged 60 to 64. On 10 January 1980 there were 128,000 unemployed males aged 60 to 64. This gives an unemployment rate (the unemployed as a percentage of the employed plus the unemployed) of about 12 per cent.