§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will give a breakdown by age and gender of persons who have taken out personal pensions since 1988.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe information is in the table.
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Estimated number of people with personal pensions, by age and gender, as at 5 April 1991, the latest date for which figures are available Age Men Women Number Percentage Number Percentage All ages 2,808,800 100.0 1,575,900 100.0 16 to 19 146,500 5.2 127,200 8.1 20 to 24 625,000 22.3 494,800 31.4
Age Men Women Number Percentage Number Percentage 25 to 29 643,000 22.9 394,000 25.0 30 to 34 483,200 17.2 236,200 15.0 35 to 39 375,100 13.4 189,000 12.0 40 to 44 354,300 12.6 113,300 7.2 45 to 49 160,500 0.7 19,000 1.2 50+ 21,200 6.5 2,600 0.1 Source: Based on a 1 per cent. sample of national insurance records. Because of the small sample size, some of the figures shown are subject to a wide margin of error.