§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentages of newly retired(a) men and (b) women were entitled to payments from the state earnings-related pension scheme in each year since SERPS pensions were first available.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe information is in the table.
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Percentage of awards of retirement pension containing serps1 Men Women2 April 1979—November 1979 44.1 7.1 December 1979—May 1980 55.3 12.5 June 1980—June 1981 62.5 14.9 July 1981—November 1981 69.7 15 2 December 1981—May 1982 74.2 18.1 June 1982—September 1982 74.6 18.9 October 1982—March 1983 77.5 19.2 April 1983—September 1983 80.1 19.9
Men Women2 October 1983—March 1984 79.0 18.7 April 1984—March 1985 86.9 23.6 April 1985—September 1985 88.0 23.5 October 1985—March 1986 89.1 24.1 April 1986—September 1986 91.7 29.0 October 1986—September 1987 91.9 29.3 October 1987—March 1988 92.4 29.6 April 1988—September 1988 92.8 33.7 October 1988—March 1989 92.1 32.9 April 1989—March 19903 91.8 46.2 April 1990—March 19913 92.1 49.0 April 1991—March 19923 91.8 52.5 Notes:
1 Includes men and women who receive SERPS through either an Additional Pension or a Contracted-Out Scheme.
2 Includes all categories-Category A derived from contributors own contributions; Category ABL—derived from both the contributor's and her husband's contributions; Category B—derived from husband's contributions only. No SERPS is paid on Category B pensions.
3 Up to March 1989 the proportions are derived from all new claims to contributory Retirement Pension regardless of age. From April 1989 they are based on claims by men aged 65 and women aged 60, so that claims deferred for more than a year and some claims for Category B pension are excluded. In order to match up the two series, the proportion of men with entitlement to SERPS from April 1989 onwards should be increased by about 1 percentage point and the proportion of women reduced by about 10 percentage points.