§ Mr. BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of pensioner couples receive income of at least(a) £30 and (b) £89.90 a week from (i) an occupational pension, (ii) income from savings and (iii) both occupational pension and income from savings.
§ Mr. HagueThe information is in the table:
Income £30 or more Per cent. £56.10 or more Per cent. Occupational pension 42 20 Income from savings 31 13 Occupational pension and income from savings 58 33 Notes:
Estimates are based on data drawn from the Family Expenditure Survey for 1990–91 and the Government Actuary's Department's Survey of Occupational Pension Schemes.
§ Mr. BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of recently retired single pensioners receive income of at least(a) £20 and (b) £56.10 a week from (i) an occupational pension, (ii) income from savings and (iii) both occupational pension and income from savings.
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§ Mr. HagueThe information requested is in the table:
Income £20 or more Per cent. £56.10 or more Per cent. Occupational pension 42 18 Income from savings 27 14 Occupational pension and income from savings 57 34 Note:
1. Estimates are based on data drawn from the Family Expenditure Survey for 1990–91 and the Government Actuary's Department's Survey of Occupational Pension Schemes.
2. Recently retired single pensioners are defined as women aged 60–64 and men aged 65–69.
§ Mr. BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of single pensioners receive income of at least(a) £20 and (b) £56.10 a week from (i) an occupational pension, (ii) income from savings and (iii) both occupational pension and income from savings.
§ Mr. HagueThe information requested is in the table:
Income £20 or more Per cent. £56.10 or more Per cent. Occupational pension 31 13 Income from savings 21 10 Occupational pension and income from savings 46 24 Note: Estimates are based on data drawn from the Family Expenditure Survey for 1990–91 and the Government Actuary's Department's Survey of Occupational Pension Schemes.
§ Mr. BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of recently retired pensioner couples receive income of at least(a) £30 and (b) £89.90 a week from (i) an occupational pension, (ii) income from savings and (iii) both occupational pension and income from savings.
§ Mr HagueThe information requested is in the table:
income £30 or more Per cent. £89.90 or more Per cent. Occupational pension 47 23 Income from savings 35 14 Occupational pension and income from savings 63 37 Notes:
1. Estimates are based on data drawn from the Family Expenditure Survey for 1990–91 and the Government Actuary's Department's Survey of Occupational Pension Schemes.
2. Recently retired pensioner couples are defined as those in which the husband is aged 65–69.
§ Mr. BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the proportion of pensioners receiving income from savings identified as(a) all pensioners, (b) single male pensioners aged under 75 years, (c) single female pensioners aged under 75 years, (d) pensioner couples aged under 75 years, (e) single female pensioners aged 75 years or over, (f) single male pensioners aged 75 years or over and (g) couples where at least one partner is aged 75 years or over, and the median amount received.
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§ Mr. HagueThe information requested is in the table:
Pensioner group Proportion receiving income from savings Median weekly amount received by those in receipt percentage £ (a) all pensioners 75 9.00 (b) single male pensioners under 75 69 13.50 (c) single female pensioners under 75 71 5.10 (d) pensioner couples under 75 83 11.20 (e) single female pensioners, 75 or more 71 4.70 (f) single male pensioners, 75 or more 75 9.60 (g) couples where at least one is 75 or more 84 9.20 Notes:
- 1. These estimates derive from the Family Expenditure Survey for 1990–91. The amounts are at January 1991 prices.
- 2. Pensioner couples are those where the husband is over state pension age.