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Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Answer

Mr. Hinchliffe: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of men aged 50 years or over were in full-time employment on 31 March for each year since 1980. [12551] Mrs. Angela Knight: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given. Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. David Hinchliffe, dated 30 January 1997: The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on the percentage of men aged 50 years and over who were in full-time employment for each year since 1980. The information for Great Britain available from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) is shown in the table below. There are no comparable figures available prior to 1984. Men aged 50-64 working full-time{1} as a percentage of all men aged 50-64 (Great Britain) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Per cent. Spring 1984 67.6 Spring 1985 67.2 Spring 1986 65.8 Spring 1987 64.4 Spring 1988 65.5 Spring 1989 66.3 Spring 1990 66.0 Spring 1991 64.8 Spring 1992 61.8 Spring 1993 59.3 Spring 1994 59.2 Spring 1995 59.6 Spring 1996 59.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: ONS, Labour Force Survey. Note: {1} Full-time in main job based on respondents' self-assessments. N.B. Spring covers the period March-May.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

12551; 289 c332W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Employment Statistics

Contains statistics

Yes