Unemployment: Older People
Commons · Question 59646 · Tabled 12 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Charlie Maynard
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
Answered by Alison McGovern, 18 Jun 2025
The 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 ...