§ Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people above retirement age are estimated to be in(a) full-time and (b) part-time work; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ForthThe available estimates from the labour force survey show that in Great Britain in the spring of 1990, 208,000 people above state pension age were in full-time employment and 556,000 in part-time employment. Older people both above and below state pension age can bring valuable qualities of skill, experience and reliability to a job. The Government encourage people to continue working beyond pension age if they wish, and from October 1989 pensioners' earnings have had no effect on their state pension entitlement.