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Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Answer

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) men and (b) women aged (i) 50 to 54, (ii) 55 to 59, (iii) 60 to 64 and (iv) 65 to 69 years were (a) in full-time work, (b) in part-time work, (c) unemployed, (d) long-term sick and disabled and (e) retired in each of the last 10 years. [25175] Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply. Letter from John Kidgell to Mr. John Bercow, dated 8 January 2002: The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question about how many men and women aged 50 to 54, 55 to 59, and 60 to 64 years were in full-time work, in part-time work, unemployed, long term sick and disabled and retired in each of the last ten years (25175). I am replying in his absence. The information requested is given in the table overleaf. Men and women by age by economic activity, spring (March to May) 1992-2001--United Kingdom Not seasonally adjusted Thousand _________________________________________________________________________________________________. of which: Spring Total{ 1} Full time Part time Unemployed Economically Long term Retired work work inactive sick and disabled Men Age 50-54 1992 1,522 1,178 44 134 166 .. .. 1993 1,546 1,169 51 142 184 136 * 1994 1,588 1,184 56 142 206 143 * 1995 1,634 1,246 62 115 210 151 * 1996 1,684 1,278 66 105 228 162 18 1997 1,824 1,385 84 92 262 184 18 1998 1,919 1,487 84 79 270 183 20 1999 1,966 1,519 91 83 273 187 24 2000 1,995 1,529 102 89 275 181 28 2001 2,013 1,585 87 62 278 189 22 Age 55-59 1992 1,435 934 61 126 314 .. .. 1993 1,448 892 69 135 352 222 55 1994 1,466 904 82 130 351 223 54 1995 1,477 896 80 112 388 247 62 1996 1,464 902 90 109 362 229 64 1997 1,473 912 98 88 375 232 71 1998 1,497 939 102 75 382 251 65 1999 1,539 975 109 74 381 239 75 2000 1,583 1,005 116 63 399 248 79 2001 1,645 1,055 138 48 402 230 101 Age 60-64 1992 1,371 561 88 74 648 .. .. 1993 1,363 519 91 101 651 281 237 1994 1,353 520 89 80 664 331 220 1995 1,346 508 99 67 672 334 231 1996 1,334 498 108 59 679 322 235 1997 1,347 520 121 53 653 318 233 1998 1,362 511 116 47 688 334 252 1999 1,382 522 130 45 685 342 246 2000 1,394 530 129 41 693 322 264 2001 1,389 538 134 37 678 324 266 Women Age 50-54 1992 1,535 489 519 57 471 .. .. 1993 1,561 525 508 60 467 145 23 1994 1,602 535 542 59 467 146 22 1995 1,649 577 532 55 486 173 20 1996 1,708 572 578 55 501 173 30 1997 1,840 658 613 53 515 194 26 1998 1,937 697 651 46 542 217 26 1999 1,985 759 629 44 553 217 34 2000 2,013 777 641 46 549 221 33 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Age 55-59 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1992 1,485 338 428 36 665 .. .. 1993 1,477 326 431 48 672 209 105 1994 1,497 345 431 54 658 213 118 1995 1,610 356 445 40 659 227 118 1996 1,498 352 428 35 887 244 115 1997 1,508 350 410 38 708 265 119 1998 1,631 382 425 29 695 282 129 1998 1,873 408 439 31 694 266 130 2000 1,819 440 485 29 688 282 128 2001 1,881 488 491 20 703 265 148 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Age 60-64 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1992 1,475 112 226 .. 1,130 .. .. 1993 1,450 113 233 15 1,099 131 551 1994 1,439 102 253 10 1,073 180 663 1995 1,421 103 247 .. 1,088 165 880 1996 1,400 111 248 .. 1,065 158 687 1997 1,410 117 254 .. 1,032 162 687 1998 1,424 98 234 .. 1,085 188 734 1999 1,444 113 229 .. 1,084 174 736 2000 1,457 111 259 .. 1,080 140 764 2001 1,452 110 283 .. 1,053 134 773 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1 }Includes other economic activities. {2 }Sample size too small for reliable estimate. .. Due to a questionnaire routing error Spring 1992 inactive categories are not available. Source: ONS--Labour Force Survey

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

25175; 377 c794-8W;377 c798-802W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Disability Chronic illnesses Employment Older people Staff Part-time employment Older workers Unemployment Retirement

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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