§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of pensioners received an income from(a) state and (b) private pension schemes in each year between 1992 and 2002; and if he will make a statement. [128549]
§ Malcolm WicksInformation is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is given in Table 8 (state pension) and Table 14 (private pensions) of The Pensioners" Incomes Series 2001/2 a copy of which is available in the Library.
§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the number of low income earners to have taken up stakeholder pensions since their inception. [128555]
§ Malcolm WicksThe information requested is not available. Such information as is available is as follows. The 2001/02 Family Resources Survey showed that some 20 per cent. of stakeholder pension sales were to working individuals earning less than £10,000 a year, and that the majority of sales (55 per cent.) were to people earning between £10,000 and £29,999 a year.