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Written question asked by Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 December 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 January 2002. It was answered by Ian McCartney (Labour) on Thursday, 17 January 2002 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Dept for Work and Pensions

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people will be entitled to the Pension Credit; and what the cost will be in (a) 2005, (b) 2010, (c) 2015 and (d) 2020 if the minimum income guarentee element of the Pension Credit is uprated in line with earnings from 2003 and the basic state pension in line with prices. - Inc fact that the information requested is in "The Pension Credit: long-term projections", in the Library and in the Vote Office. (Dep 02/220). (Holding answers 5th December 2001 and 16 January 2002).
Answer

Mr. Flight: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will provide a breakdown of the forecast cost of the pension credit by (a) 2010, (b) 2020, (c) 2030 and (d) 2040. [21026] Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people will be entitled to the pension credit; and what the cost will be in (a) 2005, (b) 2010, (c) 2015 and (d) 2020 if the minimum income guarantee element of the pension credit is uprated in line with earnings from 2003 and the basic state pension in line with prices. [21409] Mr. Love: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of people retiring who will receive a pension above benefit levels (i) this year, (ii) in 2005, (iii) in 2010, (iv) in 2020, (v) in 2030 and (vi) in 2040; and if he will make a statement. [25749] Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) if he will estimate the coverage of the proposed pension credit scheme if the pension credit was uprated in line with earnings to (a) 2005, (b) 2010 and (c) 2015; [20299] (2) if he will estimate the annual (a) cost and (b) coverage in terms of the numbers of pensioners in receipt of pension credit in each of the first five years after 2003-04 on the basis of his present proposals and their uprating in line with earnings; [27335] (3) if he will estimate the annual (a) cost and (b) coverage in terms of numbers of pensioners in receipt of pension credit, on the basis of his proposals and their uprating in line with earnings, at (i) 2010, (ii) 2020, and (iii) 2030. [27336] Mr. McCartney: [holding answers 5 December 2001 and 16 January 2002]: The information requested is set out in the paper "The Pension Credit: long-term projections", which has been placed in the Library today. Copies are also available in the Vote Office.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
21409; 378 c464W;378 c460W
Session
2001-02
Subjects
Income support Eligibility Pension credit Pensioners Pensions State retirement pensions Uprating
Link
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