State Retirement Pension

HC Deb 21 June 1995 vol 262 cc252-3W

Mr. Michael Spicer

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the value of the state retirement pension in real terms, for each year since 1979. [29550]

Mr. Arbuthnot

The information is in the table:

£ per week
	Standard rate of basic retirement pension for people under 80	Value at April 1995 prices
	Single1	Married couple2	Single1	Married couple2
April 1992	54.15	86.70	58.13	93.07
April 1993	56.10	89.80	59.45	95.17
April 1994	57.60	92.10	59.52	95.17
April 1995	58.85	94.10	58.85	94.10
1 Man or woman on own insurance.
2 Man plus wife on his insurance.