HC Deb 19 March 1990 vol 169 c454W
Mr. Andrew Bowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion on the basis of the 1987 family expenditure survey of(a) all pensioners and (b) newly retired pensioners have neither a state additional pension nor an occupational pension.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

Information is not available in the form requested. However, the 1987 family expenditure survey shows that 52 per cent. of all pensioners and 73 per cent. of recently retired pensioners receive an occupational pension.