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Dept for Work and Pensions

Answer

Mr. Hurst: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average income of state pensioner households in England and Wales was in each year from 1991 to 2004. [215120] Malcolm Wicks: The information requested that is available is in the tables. The pensioners' incomes series has been based on data from the Family Resources Survey since 1994-95 and income information for FRS data is only available for the financial years 1994-95 to 2002-03 Family Expenditure Survey (FES) before 1994-95. Due to methodological differences between the surveys, results from FES and FRS can not be directly compared. Table A: The mean incomes of all pensioner units in England and Wales 1994-95 to 2002-03 £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Gross income 221 218 231 234 245 Net BHC income 190 190 200 202 209 Net AHC income 161 161 171 174 183 Gross income from state 95 91 95 95 97 retirement pension 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Gross income 252 267 275 275 Net BHC income 216 227 234 236 Net AHC income 189 203 211 213 Gross income from state 100 100 106 108 retirement pension _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Table B: The mean incomes of pensioner couples in England and Wales 1994-95 to 2002-03 £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Gross income 319 312 334 341 352 Net BHC income 271 268 288 289 296 Net AHC income 242 240 259 262 273 Gross income from state 127 121 126 127 129 retirement pension 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Gross income 359 384 396 383 Net BHC income 302 319 331 324 Net AHC income 277 299 310 305 Gross income from state 132 132 139 142 retirement pension _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Table C: The mean incomes of single pensioners in England and Wales 1994-95 to 2002-03 £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Gross income 160 160 166 166 176 Net BHC income 140 141 146 146 153 Net AHC income 111 112 117 118 126 Gross income from state 75 73 76 74 77 retirement pension 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Gross income 181 192 194 200 Net BHC income 159 167 170 175 Net AHC income 131 141 145 150 Gross income from state 78 79 84 85 retirement pension _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Incomes are presented as pounds per week. Figures for incomes are given in 2002-03 prices and rounded to the nearest pound. 2. The pensioners' incomes series analysis is for pensioner units, which are either: single pensioners (defined as. people over state pension age) or pensioner couples (defined as married or cohabiting pensioners where the man is over state pension age.) 3. BHC stands for "before housing costs' and AHC for "after housing costs'. 4. State retirement pension includes the basic state pension, as well as earnings related-related component from SERPS or its predecessor graduated 5. Net income is income from all sources deducting income tax and council tax. retirement benefit. Source: Tables A, B and C: Based on data from The Pensioners' Incomes Series 2002-03 (which is based on data from the Family Resources Survey).

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

430 c1782-4W; 215120

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Households Income Personal income Pensioners Married people Single people

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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