HC Deb 16 May 1994 vol 243 cc353-6W
Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many pensioner tax units receive occupational pensions; if he will break this figure down into bands of occupational pension income of £1,000, up to a maximum of £20,000; and if he will give figures for the last five years.

3. Mr. Hague

Information for the years 1987 to 1990–91 —the latest available—is in the tables:

Pension units in receipt of occupational pensions 1990–91 — total number of pensioner units 7.04 million
Single pensioners with occupational pensions
£ thousands Number (thousands)
Up to 1 1,047
Up to 2 596
Up to 3 230
Up to 5 251
Up to 7* 161
Up to 20* 167
All 2,455

Pensioner couples with occupational pensions
£ thousands Number (thousands)
Up to 1 479
Up to 2 397
Up to 3 *173
Up to 4 *154
Up to 5 *126
Up to 7 *148
Up to 10 *124
Up to 20 *120
All 1,832

All pensioner units with occupational pensions
£ thousands Number (thousands)
Up to 1 1,526
Up to 2 994
Up to 3 404
Up to 4 313
Up to 5 217
Up to 6 *157
Up to 7 *152
Up to 8 *119
Up to 10 *120
Up to 13 *91
Up to 20 *81
All 4,288

1990 — total number of pensioner units 7.05 million
Single pensioners with occupational pensions
£ thousands Number (thousands)
Up to 1 1,042
Up to 2 543
Up to 3 234
Up to 6 *320
Up to 20 *232
All 2,374

Pensioner couples with occupational pensions
£ thousands Number (thousands)
Up to 1 506
Up to 2 395
Up to 3 332

£ thousands Number (thousands)
Up to 6 *238
Up to 20 *265
All 1,855

All pensioner units with occupational pensions
£ thousands Number (thousands)
Up to 1 1,548
Up to 2 938
Up to 3 398
Up to 4 *312
Up to 5 *221
Up to 6 *193
Up to 8 *274
Up to 20 *246
All 4,229

1989 — total number of pensioner units 7.02 million
Single pensioners with occupational pensions
£ thousands Number (thousands)
Up to 1 1,033
Up to 2 *358
Up to 3 *253
Up to 5 *269
Up to 20 *243
All 2,159

Pensioner couples with occupational pensions
£ thousands Number (thousands)
Up to 1 584
Up to 2 371
Up to 3 *198
Up to 5 *236
Up to 8 *187
Up to 20 *140
All 1,858

All pensioner units with occupational pensions
£ thousands Number (thousands)
Up to 1 1,616
Up to 2 729
Up to 3 451
Up to 4 *288
Up to 5 *218
Up to 6 *180
Up to 8 *196
Up to 20 *194
All 4,017

1988 — total number of pensioner units 6.99 million
Single pensioners with occupational pensions
£ thousands Number (thousands)
Up to 1 972
Up to 2 459
Up to 3 *208
Up to 5 *289
Up to 20 *222
All 2,154

Pensioner couples with occupational pensions
£ thousands Number (thousands)
Up to 1 606
Up to 2 *272
Up to 3 *167
Up to 6 328
Up to 20 *206
All 1,715

All pensioner units with occupational pensions
£ thousands Number (thousands)
Up to 1 1,578
Up to 2 731
Up to 3 375
Up to 4 *334
Up to 5 *203
Up to 7 *263
Up to 20 *246
All 3,670

1987 — total number of pensioner units 6.96 million
Single pensioners with occupational pensions
£ thousands Number (thousands)
Up to 1 1,033
Up to 2 441
Up to 3 *219
Up to 5 *196
Up to 20 *178
All 2,080

Pensioner couples with occupational pensions
£ thousands Number (thousands)
Up to 1 667
Up to 2 347
Up to 3 *179
Up to 6 *250
Up to 20 *203
All 1,732

All pensioner units with occupational pensions
£ thousands Number (thousands)
Up to 1 1,700
Up to 2 788
Up to 3 398
Up to 4 *231
Up to 6 *264
Up to 8 *184
Up to 20 *147
All 3,812

Notes:

1. All figures are estimates and should be treated as such.

2. Estimates derive from the Family Expenditure Survey for the combined years 1990–91 and the Government Actuary's Department's Survey of Occupational Pension 1991.

* denotes unreliably small sample size.

4. Percentages may not sum due to rounding.