HC Deb 12 March 1993 vol 220 cc747-8W
Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 12 February,Official Report, column 840, if he will give a breakdown by age of the pensioners with an income of less than £5,000 per year.

Miss Widdecombe

Estimates for 1988—the year in respect of which information was given in my reply of 12 February,Official Report, column 840—are given in the table.

Percentage of all pensioner units

with gross income under £5,000 per annum
Age Per cent.
60–64 7
65–69 25
70–74 17

Age Per cent.
75–79 29
80+ 22

Notes:

(a) A pensioner unit is a single person aged over state pensionable age (SPA) or a couple where the head of the unit is over SPA, regardless of whether they are drawing state pension.

(b) The age of a pensioner couple is taken to be the age of the head of unit.

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