HC Deb 04 July 1989 vol 156 c142W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people had taken out a personal pension up to 5 April; and how many have done so subsequently.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Almost 3.4 million people took out a personal pension before the end of 1988–89 tax year, and about 17,000 have done so subsequently.