House of Lords written question – answered at on 12 October 2011.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 11 August (WA 414-5), what percentage of those who responded to the sample of United Kingdom pension payees resident in the Republic of Ireland also had entitlement to a qualifying Irish pension; what percentage had worked in Northern Ireland; and why no account was kept of the results of the follow-up on the 4.4 per cent of non-respondents.
The percentage of those who responded to the sample of United Kingdom pension payees resident in the Republic of Ireland with entitlement to a qualifying Irish pension was 59.84 per cent.
No information was collected on the percentage who had worked in Northern Ireland.
After issuing reminders 96.5 per cent of the sample responded. This was deemed sufficient to make the sample viable for the purposes intended. Therefore no further action was taken to obtain a response from the remaining 4.4 per cent.
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