§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Langaurgh (Mr. Bates) of 1 December,Official Report, column 598, if he will give figures for the numbers of employees opted out of state earnings-related pensions in each region of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Hague[holding answer 21 January 1994]: Information for 1991–92, the latest year for which information is available, is in the table.
Number of people paying class 1 contributions during 1991–92 with an appropriate personal pension or an occupational pension, by region. Region Number (thousands) Total United Kingdom 14,686.7 Northern 813.3 Yorkshire and Humberside 899.5
Number of people paying class 1 contributions during 1991–92 with an appropriate personal pension or an occupational pension by region (Thousands) Region Class 1 contracted out contributions only Class 1 contracted-out and contracted-in contributions1 Appropriate personal pension Total United Kingdom 8,159.0 1,197.9 5,329.8 Northern 481.6 57.0 274.7 Yorkshire and Humberside 326.7 95.2 477.6 East midlands 559.0 82.1 408.1 East Anglia 272.9 40.8 207.5 South-east 2,534.4 396.0 1,643.6 South-west 639.8 92.0 413.9 West midlands 761.5 103.9 525.3 North-west 955.0 120.8 566.2 Wales 414.1 54.7 225.4 Scotland 818.2 115.4 455.8 Northern Ireland 212.1 25.0 108.6 Region unknown 183.7 15.0 23.1 Note: Figures relate to numbers of people not number of employments. Data derived from Inland Revenue statistics, 1 per cent. Sample.
1 People who are contracted out for part of the year and contracted in for the remainder.