HC Deb 12 July 1988 vol 137 c147W
13. Mr. Soames

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services by how much pensioners' average real total incomes have changed since 1979.

Mr. Moore

Pensioners' average total net incomes grew by 2.7 per cent. a year in real terms between 1979 and 1985, compared with 0.6 per cent. a year between 1974 and 1979. The overall rate of growth was 18 and 3 per cent. respectively. The rate of growth of pensioners' incomes between 1979 and 1985 was twice as fast as for the population as a whole.

36. Mr. Forman

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of pensioners receive income from savings.

Mr. Scott

Seventy per cent. of pensioners had income from savings in 1985, the latest year for which figures are available.

94. Mr. Moss

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how much pensioners incomes from savings have increased since 1979.

Mr. Scott

The average income of pensioners from savings increased by 53 per cent. in real terms between 1979 and 1985, the latest year for which figures are available, equivalent to 7.3 per cent. a year.