HC Deb 19 May 2004 vol 421 cc1087-9W
Mr. Webb

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his answer of 23 April 2004,Official Report, column 709W, on pension forecasts, how many combined pension forecasts have been issued in each month since their introduction; and how frequently they are reissued to individuals. [171103]

Malcolm Wicks

DWP does not hold information on the number of combined pension forecasts that are issued by employers and providers each month. However, the figures in the following table show the number of state pension forecasts that DWP has supplied to an employer or pension provider for inclusion in a combined pension forecast. This information is supplied for each month since the introduction of combined pension forecasts.

All the employers and providers currently delivering combined pension forecasts issue them annually to their scheme members.

Date Volume
Pilot year 1 19,291
Pilot year 2 15,543
2001
October 0
November 0
December 0
2002
January 0
February 0
March 0
April 14,602
May 0
June 467
July 9,127
August 0
September 5,537
October 0
November 0
December 1,168
2003
January 0
February 0
March 0
April 30,005
May 20,497
June 113,223
July 97,310
August 82,945
September 52,543
October 88,324
November 138,152
December 131,317
2004
January 150,202
February 77,700
March 72,095
Total 1,120,048

Mr. Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people who claimed the state pension but lived outside the United Kingdom in each year from 1990–91 to 2003–04; and if he will make a statement. [173908]

Malcolm Wicks

The information requested is in the table.

September Number of people
1990 575,800
1991 609,900
1992 632,000
1993 630,100
1994 674,300
1995 712,800
1996 741,700
1997 770,200
1998 797,300
1999 834,100

September Number of people
2000 857,600
2001 887,700
2002 913,300
2003 952,400
Notes:
1. The figures are for cases outside Great Britain and are rounded to the nearest hundred.
2. Figures for September 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993 do not include people receiving only additional pension or graduated retirement benefit.
Sources:
1. Figures for September 1990 to September 1994 were taken from the Social Security Statistics publication 1995.
2. Figures for September 1996 and September 1997 were taken from the Social Security Statistics publication 1999.
3. Figures from September 1997 to date were taken from the 5 per cent. samples from the Pensions Strategy Computer System taken on 30 September of each year.