HC Deb 03 February 2000 vol 343 cc714-5W
Mr. Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total monetary value of non-state pensions contributions in 1998. [108344]

Mr. Rooker

The total monetary value of non-state pensions contributions (employer, employee and self-employed) in 1998 is estimated at £62.0 billion.

Source:

Office for National Statistics, MQ5 publications.

Mr. Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of(a) employees and (b) the self-employed had a non-state pension in 1998. [108343]

Mr. Rooker

The percentages for 1997–98, the most recent available, are estimated at 61 per cent. for employees and 50 per cent. for the self-employed.

Source:

Family Resources Survey 1997–98.

Mr. Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of working age people have contributed to a non-state pension in at least three years out of the four between 1995 and 1998. [108345]

Mr. Rooker

48 per cent. of working age people are estimated to have paid contributions into a non-state scheme during the period 1994 to 1997, the latest available. The figure is based on people aged from 20 years to State pension age.

Source:

British Household Panel Survey.