HC Deb 23 March 1979 vol 964 c761W
Mr. Forrester

asked 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. Orme

The 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.