§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his answer of 23 April 2004,Official Report, column 709W, on pension forecasts, how many combined pension forecasts have been issued in each month since their introduction; and how frequently they are reissued to individuals. [171103]
§ Malcolm WicksDWP does not hold information on the number of combined pension forecasts that are issued by employers and providers each month. However, the figures in the following table show the number of state pension forecasts that DWP has supplied to an employer or pension provider for1088W inclusion in a combined pension forecast. This information is supplied for each month since the introduction of combined pension forecasts.
All the employers and providers currently delivering combined pension forecasts issue them annually to their scheme members.
Date Volume Pilot year 1 19,291 Pilot year 2 15,543 2001 October 0 November 0 December 0 2002 January 0 February 0 March 0 April 14,602 May 0 June 467 July 9,127 August 0 September 5,537 October 0 November 0 December 1,168 2003 January 0 February 0 March 0 April 30,005 May 20,497 June 113,223 July 97,310 August 82,945 September 52,543 October 88,324 November 138,152 December 131,317 2004 January 150,202 February 77,700 March 72,095 Total 1,120,048
§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people who claimed the state pension but lived outside the United Kingdom in each year from 1990–91 to 2003–04; and if he will make a statement. [173908]
§ Malcolm WicksThe information requested is in the table.
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September Number of people 1990 575,800 1991 609,900 1992 632,000 1993 630,100 1994 674,300 1995 712,800 1996 741,700 1997 770,200 1998 797,300 1999 834,100
September Number of people 2000 857,600 2001 887,700 2002 913,300 2003 952,400 Notes: 1. The figures are for cases outside Great Britain and are rounded to the nearest hundred. 2. Figures for September 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993 do not include people receiving only additional pension or graduated retirement benefit. Sources: 1. Figures for September 1990 to September 1994 were taken from the Social Security Statistics publication 1995. 2. Figures for September 1996 and September 1997 were taken from the Social Security Statistics publication 1999. 3. Figures from September 1997 to date were taken from the 5 per cent. samples from the Pensions Strategy Computer System taken on 30 September of each year.