§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list for each of the past 30 years(a) the number and percentage of people claiming the state retirement pension, (b) the number and percentage
Claimants over slate retirement age with and without Retirement Pension (RP), Supplementary Benefit (SB), Income Support (IS) and Housing Benefit (HB). Table 1A: Number of claimants—(Thousands) People with RP People without RP Year All (a) With IS/SB only (b) With IS/SB and HB With HB only (c) All With IS/SB only (b) With IS/SB and HB With HB only (c) 1964 6,158(d) — — — 1,747 — — — 1965 6,357(d) — — — 1,710 — — — 1966 6,540(d) — — — 1,622 — — — 1967 6,769(d) — — — 1,560 — — — 1968 6,973(d) — — — 1,497 — — — 1969 7,170(d)(e) 1,662 — — 1,457 208 — — 1970 7,363(d)(e) 1,700 — — 1,396 200 — — 1971 7,515(d) 1,735 — — 1,404 185 — — 1972 7,668(d) 1,733 — — 1,367 177 — — 1973 7,688 — — — 1,467 — — — 1974 7,822 1,654 — — 1,454 156 — — 1975 7,985 1,538 — — 1,399 142 — — 1976 8,155 1,547 — — 1,295 143 — — 1977 8,266 1,590 — — 1,242 150 — — 1978 8,397 1,593 — — 1,138 147 — — 1979 8,528 1,599 — — 1,032 121 — — 1980 8,681 1,576 — — 1,032 114 — — 1981 8,780 1,624 — — 1,030 116 — — 1982 8,877 1,683 — — 990 97 — — 1983 8,936 1,549 — — 946 101 — — 1984 9,003 1,565 — — 907 115 — — 1985 9,085 — — — 936 — — — 1986 9,210 1,592 — — 892 128 — — 1987 9,310 1,613 — — 863 117 — — 1988 9,298 1,431 — — 923 109 — — 1989 9,305 1,314 — 1,057 974 116 — 108 1990 9,391 595 789 1,033 919 59 60 109 1991 9,380 595 677 1,026 976 68 65 124 1992 9,425 692 626 1,031 955 76 64 123 1993 9,448 674 712 952 943 80 75 120 1994 9,442 — — — — — — — 202W
Table 1B: As a percentage of all people over state retirement age. People with RP People without RP All (a) With IS/SB only (b) With IS/SB and HB With HB only (c) All With IS/SB only (b) With IS/SB and HB With HB only (c) 1964 77.9 — — — 22.1 — — — 1965 78.8 — — — 21.2 — — — 1966 80.1 — — — 19.9 — — — 1967 81.3 — — — 18.7 — — — 1968 82.3 — — — 17.7 — — — 1969 83.1 19.3 — — 16.9 2.4 — 1970 84.1 19.4 — — 15.9 2.3 — — 1971 84.3 19.5 — — 15.7 2.1 — — 1972 84.9 19.2 — — 15.1 2 — — 1973 84 — — — 16 — — — 1974 84.3 17.8 — — 15.7 1.7 — — 1975 85.1 16.4 — — 14.9 1.5 — — 1976 86.3 16.4 — — 13.7 1.5 — — 1977 86.9 16.7 — — 13.1 1.6 — — 1978 88.1 16.7 — — 11.9 1.5 — — 1979 89.2 16.7 — — 10.8 1.3 — — 1980 89.4 16.2 — — 10.6 1.2 — — 1981 89.5 16.6 — 10.5 1.2 — receiving income support, (c) the number of people over retirement age who draw only income support and (d) the number receiving the relevant pension plus housing benefit.
§ Mr. ArbuthnotThe available information is in the tables.
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Table 1B: As a percentage of all people over state retirement age. People with RP People without RP All (a) With IS/SB only (b) With IS/SB and HB With HB only (c) All With IS/SB only (b) With IS/SB and HB With HB only (c) 1982 90.0 17.1 — — 10 1.0 — — 1983 90.4 15.7 — — 9.6 1.0 — — 1984 90.8 15.8 — — 9.2 1.2 — — 1985 90.7 — — — 9.3 — — — 1986 91.2 15.8 — — 8.8 1.3 — — 1987 91.5 15.9 — — 8.5 1.2 — — 1988 91.0 14.0 — — 9.0 1.1 — — 1989 90.5 12.8 — 10.3 9.5 1.1 — 1.0 1990 91.1 5.8 7.7 10.0 8.9 0.6 0.6 1.1 1991 90.6 5.8 6.6 10.0 9.5 0.7 0.6 1.2 1992 90.8 6.7 6.1 10.0 9.3 0.7 0.6 1.2 1993 90.9 6.5 6.9 9.2 9.1 0.8 0.7 1.2 1994 90.8 — — — — — — — Notes
—not available.
(a) Including AP only from 1979.
(b) All SB/IS claimants prior to 1990.
(c) All claimants aged 60 or over.
(d) Figures include a small number of pensions paid to persons overseas.
(e) Estimated figures.
1. Males aged 65 or over and females aged 60 or over.
2. Supplementary benefit, income support and housing benefit figures are for claimants only, ie partners are not counted.
3. Housing benefit data are not available prior to 1989.
4. Income support replaced supplementary benefit in 1988.
5. "People without RP" includes those who have elected to receive invalidity benefit or widows benefit, rather than any retirement pension to which they may be entitled.
6. To arrive at the total number and proportion of people over pension age receiving IS/SB, it is necessary to add the figures in columns 3, 4, 7 and 8.
Sources
Supplementary benefit/income support statistics annual inquiries.
Retirement pension annual inquiries.
Housing benefit management information statistics.