HL Deb 01 June 1992 vol 537 c49WA
Earl Russell

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What proportion of the population within 10 years of pensionable age are in full-time employment, and what were the equivalent figures for 1989 and 1979.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Employment (Viscount Ullswater)

The available estimates for Great Britain, based on the Labour Force Surveys carried out in the spring of those years, are given in the following table:

Percentages of persons within 10 years of pensionable age1 working full-time2—Great Britain
1979 1989 1991
Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
Employees and self-employed3 4— 42.1 42.1
Employees3 47.1 35.7 35.4
1 Men aged 55–64 and women aged 50–59.
2Based on respondents' self assessment. The percentages shown are based on totals which exclude those who did not state whether full-time or part-time was worked.
3 Excluding those on government training schemes who were not asked whether they worked full or part-time.
4 Not available; in 1979, the self employed were not asked whether they worked full-time or part-time.

Source: Labour Force Surveys.