Pensioners

Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 18 March 2002.

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Photo of Hywel Williams Hywel Williams Shadow PC Spokesperson (Work and Pensions), Shadow PC Spokesperson (Health)

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.

Photo of Maria Eagle Maria Eagle The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

The information requested is in the table.

Money values of 60 per cent. of median household income threshold for pensioners for the financial year 1999–2000 (in December 2000 prices) -- £
Net disposable weekly household income
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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