HC Deb 10 May 2001 vol 368 c278W
23. Mr. Viggers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on his policy on the tax paid by pensioners. [159902]

Dawn Primarolo

As a result of the Government's policies on tax, seven out of 10 pensioners pay either no tax, or pay tax only at the 10p rate. Following our personal tax and benefit changes, pensioner households will be £600 a year better off on average compared to 1997.