§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many(a) males over 65 years and (b) females over 60 years are in full-time employment in Northern Ireland. [165778]
§ Mr. GardinerIt is not possible to provide separate estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) for(a) males over 65 years and (b) females over 60 years of age in full-time employment only, because the estimates at Autumn 2003 do not reach the minimum threshold level required for a sufficiently reliable estimate to be quoted. However, the LFS does provide sufficiently reliable estimates of the total number of males over 65 years and females over 60 years of age in employment (full-time and part-time) of which there were 16,000 at Autumn 2003. The estimated number of females over 60 years of age in employment (full-time and part-time) at this time was 10,000.