HC Deb 28 November 1988 vol 142 c105W
Mr. Jack

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many pensioner tax units receive occupational pensions; and if he will break down this figure into bands of occupational pension income of £1,000, up to a maximum or £20,000.

Mr. Norman Lamont

Provisional estimates for 1987–88 based on a projection of the 1985–86 survey of personal incomes are in the table. The estimates cover only those aged tax units where the Inland Revenue has records; many aged tax units with small amounts of occupational pensions will not have records. A more detailed income analysis would be unreliable.

Aged tax units1 receiving occupational pensions
Occupational pension £ per annum Aged tax units1 million
Less than 1,000 1.9
1,000 to 5,000 1.3
5,000 to 10,000 0.3
Over 10,000 0.1
Total 3.6
1 Single people aged 65 or more and married couples with at least one spouse aged 65 or more.

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