§ Sir Ralph HowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many men under 65 years of age are(a) retired, (b) unclassified because their wives work over 16 hours a week and (c) classified in some other way for the same reason;
(2) how many men aged over 58 years are (a) retired, (b) unemployed and (c) unclassified because their wives are working more than 16 hours per week;
(3) how many women under 60 years of age are (a) retired, (b) unclassified because their husbands work over 16 hours per week and (c) classified in some other way when they have taken early retirement.
§ Mr. BurtThe information is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available is in the tables.
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Table 1 Numbers registered as unemployed Number Men aged under 65 2,135,000 Men aged 60 and over 48,000 Women aged under 60 624,000
Table 2 Numbers registered unemployed receiving neither unemployment benefit nor income support Number Men aged under 65 229,000 Men aged 60 and over 9,000 Women under 60 106,000 Source: Figures are taken from the half-yearly analysis of unemployed claimants available in the Library.
Note: The latest available figures are as at 13 May 1993 and are rounded to the nearest thousand.
§ Sir Ralph HowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the average age of retirement for(a) men and (b) women for each year since 1979.