HC Deb 16 October 1975 vol 897 cc771-2W
Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what estimate her Department has made of the number of males over 65 years of age and females over 60 years of age who are in fulltime employment.

Mr. Meacher

The latest available information for Great Britain is given by the 1971 Census of Population; according to a 10 per cent. sample there were 220,050 males aged 65 years or more and 231,430 females aged 60 years or more who usually worked for more than 30 July, August and September of this year; and how these figures compare with those for the corresponding months in 1973 and 1974.

Dr. Owen

Statistics of Forms E111 issued are not kept by calendar months but by four-weekly periods. The figures for 1975 are as follows:

hours per week, excluding overtime and meal breaks.

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