§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the average wealth and income, other than the basic state retirement pension, of people retiring at the present time and at convenient intervals in the past 30 years. [15844]
§ Mr. HealdThe latest available information is contained in "The Pensioners' Incomes Series 1994–95". This shows that recently retired pensioner units1 have a mean average gross income of £235.60 per week, 58 per cent. of which is from a source other than state benefits2. The earliest data available form the Pensioners' Income
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