§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his answer of 18 March,Official Report,column 145W, to the hon. Member for Northavon (Mr. Webb), on pensioners, how many (a)men and 241W (b)women not making national insurance contributions or receiving credits in the years mentioned were (i) under 24 years of age and (ii) full-time students. [46619]
§ Mr. McCartneyThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
Number of people, aged 16 to 23, who have neither paid national insurance contributions nor received credits for pension purposes in each financial year since 1979 Thousands Men Women Total 1979–80 61 323 384 1980–81 60 345 405 1981–82 60 371 431 1982–83 55 361 416 1983–84 49 366 416 1984–85 52 357 409 1985–86 55 345 400 1986–87 62 337 398 1987–88 72 344 416 1988–89 80 340 419 1989–90 95 342 437 1990–91 102 354 455 1991–92 106 371 477 1992–93 106 360 466 1993–94 99 349 448 1994–95 92 309 401 1995–96 86 278 364 1996–97 102 269 371 Notes:
1. Figures are taken from a 1 per cent. sample so are subject to rounding error and are rounded to the nearest thousand.
2. Figures exclude those not registered on MRS in each year (particularly affecting women in the early years of this analysis and those aged 18–21).
Source:
Figures are taken from the Lifetime Labour Market Database (LLMDB), extracted from the National Insurance Recording System.
§ Mr. LetwinTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the number of pensioners with low incomes who are living alone and who are not in recept of IS or CTB. [48019]
§ Mr. McCartneyThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is contained in the publication, "Income Related Benefits: Estimates of Take Up 1999–2000". Copies are available in the Library.
§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the gap between the average income of the best off fifth of pensioners and the least well off was in the last year for which figures are available. [45914]
§ Maria EagleThe information requested is contained in Table 13 of the National Statistics publication "The Pensioners' Incomes Series 1999–2000" a copy of which is available in the Library.