You asked
I would like to make a freedom of information request regarding the average age of retirement in the UK.
Type of data - Average age of retirement in the UK (latest statistic available) Geographical coverage - The UK, or if not available, England and Wales Segmentation - No segmentation. If possible, please provide a single average which is not divided by sex.
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 the ONS offers 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 http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/
As this information is already available to you via this route ONS considers that S21(1) applies to this request and the information does not have to be supplied under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act. S21(1) is an absolute exemption and no consideration of the public interest test needs to be applied.