You asked:
I would like to submit a freedom of information request regarding the average age of retirement in the UK, broken down by the following regions. Latest data available.
K02000001: UK
E92000001: ENGLAND
S92000003: SCOTLAND
N92000002: NORTHERN IRELAND
W92000004: WALES
E12000001: NORTH EAST
E12000002: NORTH WEST
E12000003: YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER
E12000004: EAST MIDLANDS
E12000005: WEST MIDLANDS
E12000006: EAST
E12000007: LONDON
E12000008: SOUTH EAST
E12000009: SOUTH WEST
We said:
Statistics relating to the average age of retirement used to be published in ONS Pension Trends, chapter 4; http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pensions/pension-trends/chapter-4--the-labour-market-and-retirement--2013-edition/index.html
However, this publication is no longer produced (the last edition was in Feb 2013), linked above.
The data source for these estimates is the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and we offer a tabulation service where the requested information can be provided; there will be a charge for this service.
The contact details for the social survey data service are:
email: socialsurveys@ons.gov.uk
phone: +44 (0)1633 455678
Alternatively, LFS microdata can be downloaded and analysed from the UK data archive under certain terms and conditions http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/
As this information is already available to you via this route, we consider that s.21(1) applies to this request and the information does not have to be supplied under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act. s.21(1) is an absolute exemption and no consideration of the public interest test needs to be applied.