§ 73. Mr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the purchasing power of the state pension in the United Kingdom and in each of the European Community countries.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardState pensions in most countries of the European Community are related to individual earnings before pension age and so no standard figure for a state pension is possible.
Details of the pension systems of the member states of the European Community are contained in the Department's publication "Tables of Social Benefit Systems in the European Communities" the 1989 issue of which is available in the Library.