HC Deb 07 March 1985 vol 74 cc599-600W
Mr. Foulkes

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of retirement pensioners in Scotland in receipt of the 25p age addition, analysed by category and age.

Mr. Whitney

The information requested is shown in the table:

Age of pensioner With contributory basic retirement pension With non-contributory retirement pension Thousands All retirement pension
80–84 84.4 1.6 86.0
85–89 37.1 1.3 38.4
90–94 10.9 0.7 11.6
95–99 1.9 0.4 2.4
100 and over 0.2 0.1 0.2
Total 134.4 4.1 138.5