Written question asked by Lord Grayling (Conservative) on Wednesday, 11 July 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 July 2007. It was answered by Mike O'Brien (Labour) on Monday, 29 October 2007 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Pensions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of adults who were not members of any pension scheme in each year since 1997.

Answer

The following table below gives a time series breakdown of working age adults who were not members of any active private pension scheme.

	Number of working age adults who were not members of any private pension scheme (million)
1999-2000	17.3
2000-01	17.5
2001-02	17.6
2002-03	17.9
2003-04	18.3
2004-05	18.7
2005-06	19.0
Notes:
1. All figures are estimates and are taken from the Family Resources Survey (FRS). 2005-06 is the latest year for which data are available.
2. Results are presented for 1990-2000 onwards. Data in earlier years are not comparable because of the implementation of improvements in government surveys relating to pensions from that date.
3. Private pension refers to either an occupational, personal or stakeholder pension scheme.
4. Working age is ages 20-59 for women and 20-64 for men.
Source:
Family Resources Survey, Great Britain, 1999-2000 to 2005-06

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