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State Retirement Pensions

Answer

The median weekly amount of State Pension paid, by gender, at the end of May 2021 is shown in the below table. These show payments under the two systems: - (i) the basic State Pension (bSP) plus other components such additional State Pension (SERPS and State Second Pension) and Graduated Retirement Benefit, which operated for people who reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016; and (ii) the new State Pension (nSP) system for people reaching State Pension age from that date onwards.

Please note that this does not include any payments of Pension Credit which people may be receiving in addition to their contributory State Pension.

Median weekly amount of State Pension (£) by gender, Quarter ending May 2021

Type of State Pension	Women	Men	Total
Pre 2016 State Pension	150.25	172.83	160.82
New State Pension	174.47	178.52	176.93

Source: DWP, Data and Analytics, Digital Group - Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study, and other administrative data.

Notes:

1. Coverage: All cases in payment in Great Britain, plus claimants residing abroad. This excludes cases administered in Northern Ireland.
2. This data table provides temporary estimates for May 2021. The data will be withdrawn and replaced with new data on Stat-Xplore once the Get Your State Pension (GYSP) system data have been reliably developed and tested.
3. Table 11 of the latest published statistics provides the mean weekly amount of State Pension paid, by gender, at the end of May 2021.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL4310

Session

2021-22

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Subjects

Age State retirement pensions

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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