§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what longitudinal studies of pensioners' incomes he has conducted to investigate the extent to which the incomes of a representative sample of pensioners have changed since 1979; and if he will publish the results of these studies. [18336]
§ Mr. HealdThere are no DSS studies of the type described. We have commissioned a longitudinal survey of a nationally representative sample of people who were aged 55 to 69 when first interviewed in 1988–89. The results of the initial interviews can be found in an Office of Population Censuses and Surveys report entitled "Retirement and Retirement Plans", a copy of which is available in the Library. In 1994 this group were re-interviewed and a report based upon both sets of interviews will be published by the summer of 1997. Information on the average incomes of pensioners 1979–1993 is published in "Pensioners' Incomes Series 1993", a copy of which is available in the Library.