§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 10 March 1999,Official Report, column 252–53, on pensioner incomes, if he will provide the same information excluding couples where neither partner is over state pension age. [78884]
§ Mr. TimmsThe information is in the tables.
Pensioners receiving a means-tested benefit and not paying income tax Thousand Single male pensioners Single female pensioners Pensioners couples All pensioner benefit units 60–64 90 100 70 270 65–69 70 220 200 490 70–74 70 300 150 520 75–79 80 330 140 550 80+ 100 550 130 770 Total 400 1,500 690 2,600
Pensioners not receiving a means—tested benefit and not paying income tax Thousand Single male pensioners Single female pensioners Pensioners couples All Pensioners benefit units 60–64 20 20 50 90 65–69 40 70 190 290 70–74 30 130 250 400 75–79 40 130 190 360 80+ 50 190 150 390 Total 170 540 820 1,540 626W
Pensioners not a means-tested benefit and paying incometax Single male pensioners Single female pensioners Pensioner couples All pensioner benefit units 60–64 110 160 450 720 65–69 120 220 590 930 70–74 100 240 420 760 75–79 80 190 190 450 80+ 90 190 130 400 Total 490 990 1,780 3,260
Pensioners receiving a means-tested benefit and paying incometax Thousand Single male pensioners Single female pensioners Pensioners couples All pensioner benefit units 60–64 20 40 30 80 65–69 20 30 20 80 70–74 20 50 10 80 75–79 20 30 * 50 80+ 20 50 10 70 Total 90 200 70 360 Notes:
1. Figures are given to the nearest 10,000 pensioner benefit units, although they are not necessarily accurate to that degree. Figures of less than 5,000 pensioners are denoted by '*'.
2. Figures may not sum to row or column totals due to rounding.
3. Figures should be treated with caution since taxpaying status is not directly measured by the Family Resources Survey, but has been imputed using a model based on policies announced up to and including the 1998 Budget statement.
4. Pensioner benefit units are defined as single people aged 60 and over and couples (married or cohabiting) where at least one partner is aged over State pension age (65 and over, for men, 60 and over for women). Couples are allocated to age bands according to the age of the older partner.
5. Tax paying pensioner benefit units are defined as those where at least one individual in the benefit unit is modelled as liable to income tax.
Source:
Family Resources Survey 1996–97