HC Deb 03 February 1992 vol 203 c94W
27. Sir Gerard Vaughan

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of pensioners are in the top half of the income distribution; and what were the comparable figures for 1979.

Miss Widdecombe

I am pleased to tell the House that 28 per cent. of pensioners were in the top half of the total income distribution compared with only 24 per cent. in 1979.