§ Sir Andrew BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the value of the basic state retirement pension for(a) single pensioner and (b) pensioner couples for each year between November 1979 and April 1996; and what it would have been if it had been uprated in line with whichever was the higher of average earnings or prices. [36382]
§ Mr. HealdThe information is in the table:
Basic Rales of retirement pension (RP) Rate of RP if uprated by higher of average earnings or prices since November 1979 Single Couple Single Couple November 1979 23.30 37.30 23.30 37.30 November 1980 27.15 43.45 27.60 44.20 November 1981 29.60 47.35 30.90 49.50 November 1982 32.85 52.55 33.50 53.65 November 1983 34.05 54.50 36.40 58.30 November 1984 35.80 57.30 38.25 61.25 November 1985 38.30 61.30 41.60 66.60 July 1986 38.70 61.95 43.45 69.55 April 1987 39.50 63.25 45.90 73.45 April 1988 41.15 65.90 49.50 79.20 April 1989 43.60 69.80 53.90 86.25 April 1990 46.9 75.10 59.15 94.65 April 1991 52.00 83.25 65.60 104.95 April 1992 54.15 86.70 70.80 113.25 April 1993 56.10 89.80 74.25 118.80 April 1994 57.60 92.10 76.40 122.25 April 1995 58.85 94.10 79.45 127.15 April 1996 61.15 97.75 82.55 132.10 Note:
The values of Retirement Pension uprated by the higher of the Retail Prices Index or earnings have been rounded to the nearest 5 pence.
Source:
The Retail Prices Index (all items) and the Average Earnings Index (Whole economy unadjusted) as published by the Office for National Statistics, have been used in this table.