§ Mr. WoodwardTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the(a) female work force aged between 50 and 60 and (b) male work force aged between 50 and 65 have been in employment in each year since 1997, broken down by region. [186929]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
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Percentage of men aged 50–64 and women aged 50–59 in employment UK regions, 1997 to 2004 (three month period ending May of each year)
Percentage Area of residence 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Men aged 50–64 in employment United Kingdom1
67.2 67.7 68.4 68.5 70.0 69.7 71.7 71.7 Great Britain 67.3 68.0 68.6 68.8 70.3 69.9 71.8 71.9 England 68.4 69.1 69.9 69.9 71.3 71.0 72.6 72.5 North East 54.6 53.5 54.3 54.1 58.2 55.1 60.0 58.0 North West 61.9 60.6 62.8 63.6 64.3 64.0 68.7 68.0 Yorkshire and Humberside 61.8 64.6 62.7 68.1 67.9 70.1 69.1 71.4 East Midlands 70.2 70.8 71.6 74.0 72.6 72.1 75.5 73.8 West Midlands 71.0 71.3 71.3 67.6 68.9 70.6 73.3 69.9 Eastern 72.8 76.9 74.7 75.3 78.4 77.6 77.2 76.2 London 67.7 65.2 68.8 67.7 69.7 68.8 68.6 70.7 South East 74.5 77.4 78.9 76.8 77.8 77.8 77.7 79.3 South West 72.8 72.4 73.3 72.9 75.2 72.8 75.6 75.7 Wales 58.2 57.7 58.7 60.6 60.1 62.4 64.5 66.1 Scotland 62.9 63.1 61.8 62.5 66.7 63.9 69.1 69.5 Northern Ireland 60.7 57.7 61.2 58.6 61.0 62.7 66.5 64.8 Women aged 50–59 in employment United Kingdom2
60.7 62.2 62.8 63.9 64.9 65.3 67.3 67.5 Great Britain 61.0 62.5 63.1 64.2 65.3 65.6 67.6 67.9 England 62.0 63.7 64.0 65.3 66.0 66.5 68.0 68.3 North East 52.3 48.1 52.5 57.8 60.6 59.9 58.6 54.7 North West 56.0 58.3 58.8 57.9 60.9 61.7 68.5 65.8 Yorkshire and Humberside 59.0 61.6 60.8 64.0 63.8 62.6 67.9 67.3 East Midlands 64.8 66.0 62.3 66.3 68.0 67.1 67.0 68.5 West Midlands 60.6 63.3 63.9 64.8 64.0 66.2 65.7 67.3 Eastern 65.9 66.5 67.3 68.7 68.3 69.3 72.8 73.7 London 60.6 61.5 63.3 63.2 64.8 63.9 64.0 64.4 South East 66.7 71.1 69.3 71.6 72.0 73.4 72.5 72.4 South West 67.5 67.4 69.5 68.7 67.6 68.5 67.9 72.4 Wales 55.7 50.7 52.9 56.7 56.8 54.5 62.7 62.2 Scotland 53.9 57.7 60.9 58.1 63.5 63.5 66.1 66.7 Northern Ireland 50.3 49.0 52.7 53.4 48.4 54.1 56.4 54.3 1As a percentage of male population aged 50-64 2As a percentage of female population aged 50-59 *Not seasonally adjusted Source: ONS: Labour Force Survey Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Sean Woodward dated 7 September 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about employment of people aged 50 and over. (186929)
The attached table shows the percentage of (a) men aged 50–64 and (b) women aged 50–59 who are in employment in each region for the three months ending in May each year from 1997 to 2004.
Estimates are taken from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to sampling variability.