§ Mr. DenhamTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the total income from all sources of all pensioners expressed as a percentage of(a) gross domestic product and (b) the total personal incomes of the population as a whole in each year since 1979. [10999]
§ Mrs. Angela Knight[holding answer 23 January 1996]: Available information is given in the table. The figures are influenced both by changes in the number of pensioners and by changes in their average incomes over time. Average pensioner incomes have increased by 50 per cent., in real terms, since 1979.
Total pensioner income1 from all sources as percentage of: (a) GDP2 (b) total personal income3 1979 7.8 9.4 1981 8.7 10.0 1987 9.3 11.1 1988 9.2 10.9 1989 8.9 10.3 1990 9.0 10.0 1990–914 9.5 10.6 1992 10.2 11.1 1993 9.9 10.9 Source:
1DSS Pensioner Income Series a copy of which is available in the House of Commons Library. This excludes pensioners not living in private households—those living in nursing or residential care homes, for example. It is largely based on information contained in the Family Expenditure Survey and is subject to sampling variability.
Notes:
2 At market prices.
3 Personal income before tax.
4 Combined 1990 and 1991 calendar years.