§ Mr. MarlowTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the public expenditure cost per head of total population in each European Union country of state-provided pensions in 1995; and what it is estimated to be under present policies in the years (i) 2000, (ii) 2005, (iii) 2010, (iv) 2015 and (v) 2020, respectively. [15570]
§ Mr. HealdThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is as follows.
The 1988 EU figures are contained in "Digest of Statistics on Social Protection in Europe Volume 1: Old Age" published by Eurostat in 1992, a copy of which is in the Library.
The table contains Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development forecasts of per capita spending on public pension systems in the four EU countries listed:
Local currency values—1994 prices Germany France Italy United Kingdom 1995 4,518 13,752 3,259,156 531 2000 5,446 13,974 2,951,341 600 2005 6,084 14,298 3,203,566 679 2010 6,644 15,898 3,621,503 794 2015 7,322 18,416 4,309,383 881 2020 8,012 20,943 5,043,293 924 2025 9,316 23,785 5,975,440 1,002 2030 11,153 26,597 7,079,009 1,094 Figures for UK are based on current average pension receipt and World bank population projections, figures take into account equalisation of state pension age but do not take into account changes to SERPS. The following table contains the Government Actuary's Department's projections for Great Britain, which take into account all the changes to date and are based on more recent population data:
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Per capita spending in 1994 prices on (including SERPS) Retirement Pension (including SERPS) Great Britain (£) 1994–95 506 2000–01 587 2010–01 707 2020–01 764 2030–01 892