How many pensioners in the uk 2011

Of the people of pensionable age who still work, , are men - that's The percentage has risen from 8. Some , women over the age of 65 also continue to work - or 7. That rate has more than doubled since , when it was 3. The information on what jobs older workers are actually doing - and how many hours they do - is less up-to-date. According to the Census, This was the largest category.

Meanwhile, Construction, with its physical demands, might not seem a likely fit for many overs, but it employed 7. On the whole, the proportions of older people employed in each of these sectors closely resembled those for workers aged 16 to The Census also found that, of people aged 65 and over in England and Wales, those in London were most likely to have jobs.

Those in north-east England had the lowest employment rate. HB flows data — Numbers of HB claims beginning and ending. HB speed of processing — Measure of the average time it takes to process a new claim or a change in circumstance of an existing claimant.

Contact: james. Contact: jenny. Family Resources Survey — Facts and figures about the incomes and living circumstances of households and families in the UK. Contact: team. Income dynamics — Data on changes in incomes in the UK including a measure of the extent to which people experience persistently low income. Contact: teamincome. Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up — Estimates of the take-up of the main income-related benefits in Great Britain.

Contact: irb. Income Support sanctions — Number of sanctions imposed on people who receive Income Support. Contact: pensioners-incomes dwp. Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over — Trends over time in the economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over.

Contact: 50pluschoices. Contact: judith. Older workers statistical information booklet ceased — Labour market position of people aged 50 and over up to June This series ended in July Pension provision ceased — Statistics on people who qualify for State Pension and people with some kind of second tier pension cover.

Workplace pension participation and savings trends — Workplace pension participation and saving trends, and estimates of the future impacts of automatic enrolment in them. Contact: workplacepensions. Abstract of statistics — Statistics on benefits, National Insurance contributions and indices of prices and earnings in Great Britain. Benefit cap — Statistics on households affected by the benefit cap.

Contact: charlotte. Fraud and error in the benefit system — Estimates of fraud and error levels in the benefit system in Great Britain. Alternative Claimant Count statistics — Number of people claiming unemployment related benefits. This series has been suspended and the latest data is for August Duration on working-age benefits — The length of time that claimants receive working-age benefits. Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time — statistics on the economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over.

In Work Credit ceased — Take-up of the In Work Credit, a financial incentive available to lone parents moving into work. Labour market status by ethnic group — Statistics on labour market status by ethnic group. National Insurance number allocations to adult overseas nationals —National Insurance number allocations by nationality at point of NINo registration of DWP benefit recipients.

Contact: hbdr. Universal Credit — Number of people and households on Universal Credit, starts and claims made. Universal Credit sanctions — Number of sanctions imposed on people who receive Universal Credit. As well as statistics, we also publish research and analysis. Our benefit expenditure and caseload tables provide historic and forecast expenditure and caseload information. Contacts for DWP specific statistics are listed above.

This provides details of the job titles of everyone who has pre-release access and the organisations to which they belong. Back to top. To help us improve GOV. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. Cookies on GOV. UK We use some essential cookies to make this website work. Accept additional cookies Reject additional cookies View cookies. The PI information is available at family benefit unit level.

Read the user guide to PI data on Stat-Xplore. We are seeking feedback from users on this release of PI data on Stat-Xplore — email pensioners-incomes dwp. Access the underlying data used to produce the statistics through the UK data archive. Read guidance on accessing sensitive versions of the data. Read a guide to sources of data on earnings and income as well as further information on income and earning statistics , both published by the Office for National Statistics. Added a link to 'Pensioners' incomes series: financial year to '.

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