§ Sir Brandon Rhys Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Kensington, Official Report, 17 December 1985, columns 147–48, if he will now publish comparable figures showing entitlement to earnings-related pensions under the proposals in Cmnd. 9691.
§ Mr. NewtonThe following table shows the amount of earnings-related pension a contracted-in single man or woman retiring in April of each year with a full
Amounts of Earnings-related pension £ per week Earnings 1983 1984 1985 1986 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 Men ¼ average .85 .95 1.25 1.45 1.80 2.60 3.45 3.25 3.00 ½ average 3.85 4.70 5.65 6.45 8.00 11.90 15.75 14.95 13.80 ¾ average 6.85 8.40 10.10 11.50 14.25 21.15 28.05 26.65 24.60 average 9.85 12.10 14.50 16.50 20.45 30.40 40.35 38.35 35.40 1½ average* 13.65 16.95 20.40 23.25 29.00 43.35 57.70 54.85 50.70 2 average 13.65 16.95 20.40 23.25 29.00 43.35 57.70 54.85 50.70 Women ¼ average † — — — — — — — — — ½ average 1.70 2.05 2.55 2.95 3.65 5.45 7.25 6.90 6.35 ¾ average 3.65 4.45 5.40 6.20 7.70 11.50 15.30 14.55 13.45 average 5.55 6.85 8.25 9.45 11.75 17.55 23.35 22.20 20.55 1½ average 9.40 11.60 13.95 15.95 19.85 29.65 39.50 37.55 34.70 2 average 13.20 16.35 19.60 22.35 27.90 41.70 55.55 52.85 48.85 * Those figures for men on 1½ and 2 x average earnings are identical, because they are above the upper earnings limit. † Below the lower earnings limit-no pension entitlement.