§ Baroness Greengrossasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will provide a breakdown of the average income of men aged over 65 and women aged over 60 for 2001, 1996 and 1991, including income from employment. [HL6157]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Baroness Hollis of Heigham):The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
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Mean individual income by source of income (£ per week, 2000–01 prices) 1996–97 2000–01 Source of income Women aged over 60 Men aged over 65 Women aged over 60 Men aged over 65 Income from employment 8 15 9 17 Occupational pensions 23 77 28 93 Investment 14 22 14 22 Benefit income 67 92 72 97 Other 2 3 2 4 Total 113 208 125 232 Note: Rounding has been applied, therefore the columns do not sum.
Source: Individual income series (based on data from the Family Resources Survey). Data are not available for all years requested. The earliest and latest financial years for which data are available are 1996–97 and 2000–01 respectively.