HC Deb 14 January 1994 vol 235 cc293-7W
Mr. Denham

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will give a regional breakdown of the figures published in "Personal Pensions 1993" by his Department.

People with a personal pension in the year ending 5 April 1992 by region and recknnable earnings
Ad-hoc 10 Thousands
Amount of reckonable earnings All cases Northern Yorkshire and Humberside East Midlands East Anglia South East South West West Midlands North West Wales Scotland
Men and Women
Total cases 5,198.1 274.7 477.6 408.1 207.5 1,643.6 413.9 525.3 566.2 225.4 455.8
Mean earnings (£pa) 8,266 7,677 7,810 8,182 8,435 9,220 7,721 7,861 7,735 7,323 7,743
Zero 917.2 44.3 79.9 64.8 35.5 315.8 77.8 89.9 95.5 41.1 72.6
1–2,703 375.0 21.4 35.9 28.8 12.4 100.4 32.0 37.0 49.9 19.4 37.8
2,704–4,999 425.0 27.7 44.3 37.5 14.7 103.7 34.9 45.1 51.3 20.3 45.5
5,000–7,499 699.9 47.4 74.2 59.0 26.9 155.3 60.7 81.9 84.1 38.3 72.1
7,500–9,999 793.6 41.8 80.3 63.4 34.1 205.3 69.9 90.5 96.6 37.3 74.7
10,000–12,499 656.3 34.4 58.9 56.9 31.7 202.7 49.9 66.8 67.8 28.1 59.1
12,500–14,999 485.9 23.3 44.6 41.5 22.4 169.8 35.2 46.4 46.6 18.2 37.9
15,000–17,499 333.5 16.3 28.0 23.9 12.5 132.0 21.4 30.4 33.9 10.6 24.5
17,500–19,999 246.6 12.2 17.4 18.0 8.6 110.8 15.2 19.8 20.2 6.9 17.5
20,000 and over 265.1 5.9 14.1 14.3 8.7 147.8 16.9 17.5 20.3 5.2 14.4
Men
Total cases 3,291.1 180.1 316.4 267.1 136.1 992.6 264.8 336.8 359.5 149.6 288.1

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list for the United Kingdom and by standard region, including Greater London, the number of households and the proportion of all households claiming family credit for each year since 1989.

Mr. Burt

The information is not available in the form requested.

The number of families with dependent children in 19911 in Great Britain by standard region is:
Region 1991
North 379,000
Yorkshire and Humberside 585,000
East Midlands 486,000
East Anglia 238,000
South East 2,034,000
South West 530,000
West Midlands 630,000
North West 787,000
Wales 353,000
Scotland 616,000
Total 6,638,000

Mr. Hague

A regional breakdown of all the tables in "Personal Pension Statistics 1991–92" could be produced only at disproportionate cost.

However, summary regional analyses are available and are in the tables.

Amount of reckonable earnings All cases Northern Yorkshire and Humberside East Midlands East Anglia South East South West West Midlands North West Wales Scotland
Mean earnings (£pa) 9,289 8,976 8,851 9,465 9,601 10,109 8,766 8,915 8,861 8,196 8,854
Zero 583.5 28.1 54.4 40.1 21.2 194.2 51.2 57.9 60.3 28.5 47.6
1–2,703 184.7 9.8 17.8 14.8 6.4 48.4 15.6 19.5 24.8 9.4 18.2
2,704–4,999 184.3 11.4 19.4 15.4 6.5 47.6 13.6 18.7 22.9 9.8 19.0
5,000–7,499 316.3 21.2 34.2 25.8 12.4 72.1 28.0 36.4 37.2 17.8 31.2
7,500–9,999 456.0 26.8 50.6 37.2 19.4 102.2 40.8 53.8 57.0 25.7 42.5
10,000–12,499 473.5 28.7 46.7 45.3 25.7 118.5 37.8 50.1 51.0 22.8 46.9
12,500–14,999 383.8 22.1 38.9 36.7 18.6 111.1 30.0 39.6 39.1 15.5 32.2
15,000–17,499 271.9 14.9 25.3 22.0 10.7 91.5 18.8 27.1 30.7 8.9 22.0
17,500–19,999 208.8 11.5 15.9 16.6 7.5 86.2 14.0 17.5 17.6 6.3 15.7
20,000 and over 228.3 5.6 13.2 13.2 7.7 120.8 15.0 16.2 18.9 4.9 12.8
Women
Total cases 1,907.0 94.6 161.2 141.0 71.4 651.0 149.1 188.5 206.7 75.8 167.7
Mean earnings (£pa) 6,499 5,205 5,767 5,751 6,212 7,863 5,865 5,977 5,779 5,598 5,835
Zero 333.7 16.2 25.5 24.7 14.3 121.6 26.6 32.0 35.2 12.6 25.0
1–2,703 190.3 11.6 18.1 14.0 6.0 52.0 16.4 17.5 25.1 10.0 19.6
2,704–4,999 240.7 16.3 24.9 22.1 8.2 56.1 21.3 26.4 28.4 10.5 26.5
5,000–7,499 383.6 26.2 40.0 33.2 14.5 83.2 32.7 45.5 46.9 20.5 40.9
7,500–9,999 337.6 15.0 29.7 26.2 14.7 103.1 29.1 36.7 39.6 11.6 31.9
10,000–12,499 182.8 5.7 12.2 11.6 6.0 84.2 12.1 16.7 16.8 5.3 12.2
12300–14,999 102.1 1.2 5.7 4.8 3.8 58.7 5.2 6.8 7.5 2.7 5.7
15,000–17,499 61.6 1.4 2.7 1.9 1.8 40.5 2.6 3.3 3.2 1.7 2.5
17,500.19,999 37.8 0.7 1.5 1.4 1.1 24.6 1.2 2.3 2.6 0.6 1.8
20,000 and over 36.8 0.3 0.9 1.1 1.0 27.0 1.9 1.3 1.4 0.3 1.6
People with a personal pension in the ending 5 April 1992 by region and amount of contracted out-rebate
Ad-hoc 11 Thousands
Amount of contracted-out rebate All cases Northern Yorkshire and Humberside East Midlands East Anglia South East South West West Midlands North West Wales Scotland
Men and Women
Total cases 5,198.1 274.7 477.6 408.1 207.5 1,643.6 413.9 525.3 566.2 225.4 445.8
Mean amount (£pa) 353 318 326 346 361 409 326 329 322 299 324
Zero 1,279.2 65.4 113.9 92.7 47.0 415.5 107.8 126.6 143.5 58.9 107.9
0.01–99.99 318.9 20.8 34.3 27.5 11.6 78.4 25.2 33.1 38.9 15.9 33.2
100.00–199.99 425.9 28.6 44.3 35.8 15.3 97.8 34.9 45.9 53.5 21.1 48.7
200.00–299.99 532.1 33.9 55.8 45.5 22.0 119.0 48.0 64.6 62.6 30.6 50.1
300.00–399.99 544.6 28.8 55.3 42.3 22.9 143.8 49.4 60.8 64.1 25.5 51.7
400.00–499.99 487.4 25.3 45.1 40.9 22.0 142.3 39.7 50.3 55.4 20.4 46.0
500.00–599.99 410.3 20.8 37.5 36.3 20.0 130.6 29.8 44.5 40.5 16.9 33.4
600.00–699.99 328.5 15.8 28.8 28.8 15.7 115.6 23.1 29.9 31.3 13.2 26.3
700.00–799.99 250.8 11.9 21.4 18.4 10.8 97.1 17.4 22.8 25.5 8.0 17.5
800.00–899.99 195.0 9.8 16.3 14.2 5.7 82.2 11.6 17.9 18.3 5.4 13.6
900.00–999.99 159.6 7.7 10.9 11.6 6.0 73.0 10.0 11.3 12.0 4.3 12.8
1,000 and over 265.8 5.9 14.0 14.1 8.5 148.3 17.0 17.6 20.6 5.2 14.6
Men Total cases 3,291.1 180.1 316.4 267.1 136.1 992.6 264.8 336.8 359.5 149.6 288.1
Mean amount (£pa) 411 390 386 417 423 460 385 389 385 349 387
Zero 765.1 38.1 71.0 53.9 27.4 243.6 65.6 77.4 85.3 37.8 65.0
0.01–99.99 139.2 9.0 14.7 12.1 5.0 37.4 10.2 14.2 17.0 7.3 12.3
100.00–199.99 184.5 11.8 20.2 14.2 6.4 43.7 15.2 19.5 21.9 9.2 22.4
200.00–299.99 247.7 15.7 26.6 21.2 10.4 54.4 22.6 30.5 30.3 14.7 21.3
300.00–399.99 313.9 19.3 35.4 24.6 12.7 71.5 28.9 36.0 37.5 18.8 29.2
400.00–499.99 335.1 19.9 35.3 30.8 17.4 78.6 28.4 34.5 39.4 14.9 35.9
500.00–599.99 314.9 18.5 31.0 30.7 16.5 83.8 23.4 36.2 32.7 15.1 27.0
600.00–699.99 260.0 14.8 24.9 25.6 13.2 74.4 20.5 26.0 26.5 11.5 22.6
700.00–799.99 201.6 11.2 19.6 17.0 9.2 65.3 15.0 19.8 22.8 6.4 15.3
800.00–899.99 163.3 8.7 14.7 13.1 5.1 60.8 10.6 16.4 16.5 5.0 12.4
900.00–999.99 137.1 7.5 10.0 10.8 5.2 57.9 9.3 10.2 10.6 4.0 11.6
1,000 and over 228.7 5.6 13.0 13.1 7.6 121.2 15.1 16.1 19.0 4.9 13.1
Women
Total cases 1,907.0 94.6 161.2 141.0 71.4 651.0 149.1 188.5 206.7 75.8 167.7
Mean amount (£pa) 254 182 210 210 241 333 220 223 214 202 214
Zero 514.1 27.3 42.9 38.8 19.6 171.9 42.2 49.2 58.2 21.1 42.9
0.01–99.99 179.7 11.8 19.6 15.4 6.6 41.0 15.0 18.9 21.9 8.6 20.9
100.00–199.99 241.4 16.8 24.1 21.6 8.9 54.1 19.7 26.4 31.6 11.9 26.3
200.00–299.99 284.4 18.2 29.2 24.3 11.6 64.6 25.4 34.1 32.3 15.9 28.8
300.00–399.99 230.7 9.5 19.9 17.7 10.2 72.3 20.5 24.8 26.6 6.7 22.5
400.00–499.99 152.3 5.4 9.8 10.1 4.6 63.7 11.3 15.8 16.0 5.5 10.1
500.00–599.99 95.4 2.3 6.5 5.6 3.5 46.8 6.4 8.3 7.8 1.8 6.4
600.00–699.99 68.5 1.0 3.9 3.2 2.5 41.2 2.6 3.9 4.8 1.7 3.7
700.00–799.99 49.2 0.7 1.8 1.4 1.6 31.8 2.4 3.0 2.7 1.6 2.2
800.00–899.99 31.7 1.1 1.6 1.1 0.6 21.4 1.0 1.5 1.8 0.4 1.2
900.00–999.99 22.5 0.2 0.9 0.8 0.8 15.1 0.7 1.1 1.4 6.3 1.2
1,000 and over 37.1 0.3 1.0 1.0 0.9 27.1 1.9 1.5 1.6 0.3 1.5
People with a Personal Pension in the year ending 5 April 1992 by region and age
Ad-hoc 12 Thousands
Age All cases Northern Yorkshire and Humberside East Midlands East Anglia South East South West West Midlands North West Wales Scotland
Men and women
All ages 5,198.1 274.7 477.6 408.1 207.5 1,643.6 413.9 525.3 566.2 225.4 455.8
16 to 19 186.9 10.1 18.9 15.6 8.4 49.3 13.9 20.7 21.7 8.2 20.1
20 to 24 1,207.4 64.3 119.4 91.4 51.9 360.5 99.1 127.2 132.6 55.8 105.2
25 to 29 1,300.6 63.6 118.7 103.2 49.3 432.1 103.9 126.2 137.1 57.4 109.1
30 to 34 925.9 51.0 79.1 71.8 35.5 311.5 71.6 90.8 100.7 34.7 79.2
35 to 39 687.0 36.5 59.9 52.2 26.4 226.6 54.4 68.9 74.8 26.2 61.1
40 to 44 555.1 30.5 50.4 46.3 21.4 167.3 42.8 54.7 63.9 26.3 51.5
45 and over 335.2 18.7 31.2 27.6 14.6 96.3 28.2 36.8 35.4 16.8 29.6
Men
All ages 3,291.1 180.1 316.4 267.1 136.1 992.6 264.8 336.8 359.5 149.6 288.1
16 to 19 99.0 5.2 9.4 8.4 4.4 25.9 7.1 12.3 11.7 4.5 10.1
20 to 24 659.4 34.0 70.1 52.6 29.0 189.3 54.6 69.3 71.9 31.0 57.6
25 to 29 780.7 39.9 76.0 63.3 32.5 239.1 64.9 78.3 84.1 36.5 66.1
30 to 34 611.6 36.4 54.4 50.4 23.4 192.2 48.5 58.5 68.7 24.8 54.3
35 to 39 451.5 24.5 41.6 34.2 18.0 147.5 35.9 44.7 48.6 18.0 38.5
40 to 44 398.8 23.6 37.1 33.8 15.9 117.5 30.0 40.5 44.1 19.9 36.4
45 and over 290.1 16.5 27.8 24.4 12.9 81.1 23.8 33.2 30.4 14.9 25.1
Women
All ages 1,907.0 94.6 161.2 141.0 71.4 651.0 149.1 188.5 206.7 75.8 167.7
16 to 19 87.9 4.9 9.5 7.2 4.0 23.4 6.8 8.4 10.0 3.7 10.0
20 to 24 548.0 30.3 49.3 38.8 22.9 171.2 44.5 57.9 60.7 24.8 47.6
25 to 29 519.9 23.7 42.7 39.9 16.8 193.0 39.0 47.9 53.0 20.9 43.0
30 to 34 314.3 14.6 24.7 21.4 12.1 119.3 23.1 32.3 32.0 9.9 24.9
35 to 39 235.5 12.0 18.3 18.0 8.4 79.1 18.5 24.2 26.2 8.2 22.6
40 to 44 156.3 6.9 13.3 12.5 5.5 49.8 12.8 14.2 19.8 6.4 15.1
45 and over 45.1 2.2 3.4 3.2 1.7 15.2 4.4 3.6 5.0 1.9 4.5