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Departmental Retirement

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many employees of his Department have been asked to retire on reaching 65 years of age in each year since 2000. (218406)

In the Department for Culture, Media and Sport the default retirement age was 60 until 1 October 2006 when it became 65. In 2008 two employees retired at reaching 65. No other employees have retired on reaching age 65 since 2000.