§ Mr. Forresterasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of men and women who have retired from work and qualified for retirement pension at the ages of 65 years and 60 years, respectively, in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. OrmeThe estimated number of awards of retirement pension to men aged 65 and women aged 60 in each of the years from 1975 is shown in the following table:
NUMBER OF AWARDS (thousands) Men Women 12 months ending in November— 1975 215 91 1976 220 93 1977 223 81 1978 228 80 I regret that this information is not available for 1974 and earlier years.