Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Social Security – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 23 April 1996.
Oliver Heald
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Social Security)
12:00,
23 April 1996
In 1979, 25 per cent. of pensioners were in the top half of the income distribution, after housing costs. By 1992–93, that had increased to 35 per cent.
