Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 59646
Unemployment: Older People
Tabled: 12 June 2025
Answered: 18 June 2025
Question
Charlie Maynard
Liberal Democrat — Witney
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of people over 50 who are classed as economically inactive but contribute to society through (a) volunteer and (b) unpaid work.
Answer
Alison McGovernThe department has not made such an estimate. We do not hold sufficient data to make this estimate in full. The number of inactive people over 50 who are inactive because of looking after their family or home could be estimated from the Annual Population ...
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