§ Mr. Andrew F. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many women go on working one year, two years, three years, four years and five years after reaching pension age.
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§ Miss WiddecombeActivity rates for women in the five years after pension age are set out in the table. These figures are based on sample estimates from the labour force survey and are subject to greater sampling variability than are estimates for broader age groupings.
Great Britian—1990 Age Per cent. 60 29 61 27 62 22 63 20 64 15 Note: The figures represent numbers of women in employment or unemployed, on the internationally agreed ILO definition, expressed as percentage of the population of women of each age.
§ Mr. Andrew F. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what would be the cost of(a) reducing the pension age by one year to 64, (i) as gross cost, (ii) what the savings would be in terms of income support and community charge and housing benefit and (iii) net cost, (b) what the same figures would be for a reduction of two years to 63, (c) three years to 62, (d) four years to 61 and (e) five years to 60; and by what amount national insurance contribution would have to go up to meet in full such changes.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe discussion paper published yesterday includes the costs of a range of options for equalisation of state pension age.
§ Mr. Andrew F. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will initiate a survey into whether skill shortages would be likely to occur if pension age for men was lowered by one year, two years, three years, four years or five years.
§ Miss WiddecombeWe have no plans to initiate such a survey.