HC Deb 05 May 1994 vol 242 cc611-2W
Mr. Denham

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many and what percentage of those people retiring in the last year for which figures are available had a total pension income amounting to(a) 100 per cent. or more, (b) between 90 per cent. and 99 per cent., (c) between 80 per cent. and 89 per cent., (d) between 70 per cent. and 79 per cent., (e) between 60 per cent. and 69 per cent., (f) between 50 per cent. and 59 per cent., (g) between 40 per cent. and 49 per cent., (h) between 30 per cent. and 39 per cent., (i) between 20 per cent. and 29 per cent. and (j) 10 per cent. or less, of (i) their final salary and (ii) average earnings.

Mr. Hague

Information on pension income as a proportion of final salary is not available. Information on pension income in relation to average earnings is not available in precisely the form requested. Estimates, which relate to female pensioners aged 60 to 64 and to male pensioners aged 65 to 69, are in the tables.

Pension income of male pensioners aged 65 to 69 compared to average earnings
Number (000's) Percentage of male pensioners 65 to 69
0–10 per cent. 1121 10
11–19 per cent. 308 25
20–29 per cent. 376 30
30–39 per cent. 1140 11
40–59 per cent. 1154 12
60 per cent. and over 139 11

Pension income of female pensioners aged 60 to 64 compared to average earnings
Number (000's) Percentage of female pensioners 60 to 64
0–10 per cent. 440 231
11–19 per cent. 417 29
20–29 per cent. 271 19
30–39 per cent. 127 9
40 per cent. and over 177 12
1 Denotes unreliably small sample size.
2 This group includes married women whose husbands are aged less than 65 and who have no entitlement to a pension on their own National Insurance record.

Notes:

  1. 1. All figures are estimates and should be treated as such.
  2. 2. Figures are mean averages; they relate to individuals, not to pensioner units or households.
  3. 3. Estimates derive from the Family Expenditure Survey for the combined years 1990–91 and the Government Actuary's Department's Survey of Occupational Pension 1991.
  4. 4. Percentages may not sum due to rounding.