HC Deb 25 May 1993 vol 225 cc562-3W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many(a) men and (b) women have had their unemployment benefit abated due to receipt of a personal or occupational pension scheme in each year since 1981.

Mr. Burt

The available information is in the table.

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the level at current prices of the £35 abatement provision on occupational pensioners in the year it was introduced.

Mr. Burt

The current value of the threshold for the abatement provision on occupational and personal pensions would be £66.44 per week.