HC Deb 19 December 2002 vol 396 c1017W
Mr. Willetts

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his answer of 27 November,Official Report, column 321W, on retirement ages, what the average age of retirement is for (a) women, and (b) men, for (i) his Department's employees, and (ii) people who work in each of the executive agencies within his department. [88213]

Mr. McCartney

The average age of staff, by gender, retiring from the Department and from each of the executive agencies is shown in the following table.

Years
Average age male Average age female
DWP 61.2 62.4
Jobcentre Plus 61.0 62.1
The Pension Service 60.9 60.2
Child Support Agency 61.7 62.8
Appeals Service 64.0 60.0