HC Deb 13 February 1996 vol 271 cc551-3W
Mr. Denham

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 5 February,Official Report, column 51, on pension incomes, if he will give the same information for 1979. [14896]

Mr. Heald

The available information is in the tables.

Table 1: Single male pensioners
£ per week July 1993 prices
Age 65 to 74 75+
Mean 108.50 88.60
Median 81.80 72.20

Notes:

1. Income figures are gross income before housing costs and are rounded to the nearest l0p.

2. A pensioner unit is defined as a single person over state pension age (SPA) or a couple where the husband, or head is over SPA.

3. Due to insufficient sample sizes reliable estimates of further age breakdowns for single male pensioners and pensioner couples are not available at tables 1 and 3.

Source:

Family Expenditure Survey 1979.

Table 2: Single female pensioners
£ per week July 1993 prices
Age 65 to 69 70 to 74 75 to 79 80+
Mean 80.60 79.70 78.60 76.50
Median 70.00 70.40 71.10 67.20

Notes:

1.Income figures are gross income before housing costs and are rounded to the nearest l0p.

2. A pensioner unit is defined as a single person over state pension age (SPA) or a couple where the husband, or head, is over SPA.

3. Due to insufficient sample sizes reliable estimates of further age breakdowns for single male pensioners and pensioner couples are not available at tables 1 and 3.

Source:

Family Expenditure Survey 1979.

Table 3: Pensioner couples
£ per week July 1993 prices
Age 65 to 69 70 to 74 75+
Mean 187.70 160.00 138.30
Median 145.40 125.70 108.70

Notes:

1. Income figures are gross income before housing costs and are rounded to the nearest l0p.

2. A pensioner unit is defined as a single person over state pension age (SPA) or a couple where the husband, or head, is over SPA.

3. Due to insufficient sample sizes reliable estimates of further age breakdowns for single male pensioners and pensioner couples are not available at tables 1 and 3.

Source:

Family Expenditure Survey 1979.

Table 4: All pensioner units
£ per week July 1993 prices
Age 60/65 to 74 75+ 60/65+
Mean 124.80 93.20 113.40
Median 97.40 75.30 85.90

Notes:

1. Income figures are gross income before housing costs and rounded to the nearest l0p.

2. A pensioner unit is defined as a single person over state pension age (SPA) or a couple where the husband, or head, is over SPA.

3. Due to insufficient sample sizes reliable estimates of further age breakdowns for single male pensioners and pensioner couples are not available at tables 1 and 3.

Source:

Family Expenditure Survey 1979.