HC Deb 26 November 1993 vol 233 cc213-4W
1990. Mr. French

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of national average earnings the basic state pension for a single person amounted to in(a) 1960, (b) 1970, (c) 1980 and (d)

Mr. Hague

The information is not available for 1960. The Employment Department's new earnings survey, on which the figures are based, did not start until 1970. The basic state pension for a single person as a percentage of national average earnings amounted to (a) 19.3 per cent. at April 1970, (b) 22.6 per cent. at November 1980, and (c) 17.8 per cent. at April 1990.