§ Mr. KnoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Brighton, Kemptown (Mr. Bowden) of 6 November,Official Report, columns 462–65, if he will break down the figures in order to distinguish between the retirement incomes of husbands and wives, single men and single women respectively.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe information is in the table:
Receipt of occupational pensions Group Percentage with an occupational pension Mean amount of occupational pension for those in receipt (£ per week) Median amount of occupational pension for those in receipt (£ per week) Single men aged 65+ 63 44.80 26.40 Single women aged 60+ 46 38.00 21.00 Men in pensioner couples 67 65.00 31.60 Women in pensioner couples 15 28.20 16.20 Notes:
1. Estimates are based on data from "Occupational Pension Schemes 1987", a survey by the Government Actuary (HMSO) and the 1988 Family Expenditure Survey.
2. Pension amounts at 1988 levels.
3. Pensioner couples are defined as couples in which the husband is over state pension age. The figures will therefore include some women aged under 60 and exclude some women who have reached state pension age.