Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 18 March 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the estimated weekly income was of (a) a single pensioner and (b) a pensioner couple who are on 60 per cent. of median income in the last year for which figures are available.
The information requested is in the table.
Net disposable weekly household income | ||
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Before housing costs | After housing costs | |
Single pensioner | 104 | 81 |
Pensioner couple | 171 | 147 |
Notes:
1. All figures are estimates and are taken from the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) data set which is derived from the Family Resources Survey (FRS). The FRS does not include Northern Ireland. 1999–2000 is the latest year for which data is available.
2. The estimates are presented on both a Before Housing Costs (BHC) and an After Housing Costs (AHC) basis in line with HBAI conventions.
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