§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 5 July 2004,Official Report, column 602W, on people of retirement age, how many people above state pension age were in employment for the same period in each year since 1992. [186770]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Willetts, dated 7 September 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about people of retirement age in employment. (186770)
The attached table gives the estimates of the number of people above state pension age in employment for the three months ending May each year from 1992 to 2004.
As with any sample survey, estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) are subject to sampling variability.
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Number of people above state pension age2 in employment, United Kingdom, 3 month periods ending May each year from
1992 to 2004
Thousand Number of People 1992 814 1993 770 1994 779 1995 794 1996 770 1997 802 1998 775 1999 817 2000 831 2001 819 2002 887 2003 933 2004 995 1Seasonally adjusted. 2This refers to men aged 65 and over and women aged 60 and over Source: ONS: Labour Force Survey.