STATE RETIREMENT PENSION

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The Earl of Clanwilliam

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many citizens are in receipt of state retirement pension; and

How many citizens in receipt of state retirement pension have no other taxable income; and

Whether they have figures available to indicate how many citizens in receipt of the state retirement pension have a taxable income in excess of £10,000 per annum.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security (Viscount Astor)

The information is not available in the form requested.

At 31 March 1993, the latest date for which figures are available, approximately 10 million people¹ were in receipt of state retirement pension.

In 1991–92, the latest year for which figures are available, it is estimated² that 770,000 people over state pension age had taxable incomes³ in excess of £10,000.

Reliable estimates are not available of the number of people whose only source of taxable income is retirement pension.

Notes:

1. Total number of contributory and non-contributory pensions, including those payable to people residing abroad.

2. Source—Inland Revenue Survey of Personal Incomes 1991/92.

3. "Taxable income" has been defined as income subject to tax-less allowable reliefs and deductions and personal allowances.