§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many Scottish pensioners who are in receipt of income support are in receipt of transitional addition; and what is the average level of transitional addition paid.
§ Mr. Peter LloydI regret that the information requested is not available.
§ Sir Ian GilmourTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will update the reply to Sir Brandon Rhys Williams, the former hon. Member for Kensington,Official Report, 14 July 1987, column 451, in respect of pensioners' gross weekly incomes other than the state basic pension.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 28 November 1988]: The table shows the number of pensioners with income other than retirement pension of any category at the levels specified.
Gross income excluding pension (£ per week at 1986 prices) Single Pensioners (thousands) Married couples (thousands) less than £5 480 120 5-10 370 120 10-15 490 200 15-20 550 200 20-30 1,000 300 30-40 340 250 40-50 310 180 50-60 160 130 60-70 110 100 70-80 60 60 80-90 60 80 90-100 60 60 100-150 110 270 150-200 80 100 200-250 30 70 250-300 20 20 300-350 10 40 350-400 1 10 400-450 1 1 450-500 1 1 over 500 1 20 Total 4,160 2,330 The updated table shows a slight increase in the number of pensioner units in receipt of additional income.66WNote: Pensioners are defined as individuals in a tax unit which receives some form of retirement pension. Figures are for single pensioners or for married couples where the husband is aged 65 or over.1 Indicates less than 10,000 cases.Source: Family Expenditure Survey 1986.