Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average retirement age is of (a) male and (b) female GPs employed by the NHS.
The information is shown in the following table.
| Average Pension Age |
Male | 60.8 |
Female | 60.9 |
Note: Data from the Government Actuaries Department on the average retirement age of general practitioners covering the period 1 April 2008 – 31 March 2012