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Pensions: Forecasts
Mr. Waterson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many state pension forecasts have been calculated through submission of the (BR19) form to the retirement pension forecasting team at the Pensions Service in each month since the service has been provided. [138045]
James Purnell:
The available information is in the following tables.
Number of s tate p ension forecasts calculated via submission of BR19 |
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
April
|
|
30,822
|
15,350
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May
|
|
18,066
|
16,200
|
June
|
|
15,880
|
15,719
|
July
|
|
12,63
|
12,539
|
August
|
|
16,538
|
13,309
|
September
|
|
12,529
|
14,579
|
October
|
|
16,886
|
17,325
|
November
|
23,421
|
15,260
|
18,070
|
December
|
29,030
|
11,831
|
10,284
|
January
|
9,585
|
16,957
|
17,842
|
February
|
7,874
|
11,146
|
21,572
|
March
|
11,285
|
11,146
|
20,878
|
Total
|
81,195
|
189,624
|
193,667
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Number of state pension forecasts calculated via submission of BR19 and telephone requests |
| 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 |
April
|
45,569
|
55,571
|
48,800
|
41,328
|
May
|
52,173
|
47,311
|
50,396
|
40,064
|
June
|
48,188
|
54,753
|
51,658
|
35,565
|
July
|
51,736
|
44,813
|
11,595
|
51,568
|
August
|
38,221
|
34,983
|
48,586
|
42,874
|
September
|
40,989
|
51,053
|
56,056
|
48,320
|
October
|
51,344
|
53,914
|
38,438
|
47,384
|
November
|
45,359
|
45185
|
40,888
|
53,025
|
December
|
39,873
|
31,462
|
35,458
|
30,260
|
January
|
55,438
|
51,244
|
29,323
|
39,696
|
February
|
49,082
|
44,249
|
36,998
|
44,330
|
March
|
56,845
|
48,004
|
70,01
|
52,721
|
Total
|
574,817
|
562,542
|
518,897
|
527,135
|
Number of s tate p ension forecasts calculated via submission of BR19 and telephone requests |
| 2001-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
April
|
35,355
|
57,564
|
101,953
|
67,325
|
154,630
|
May
|
53,563
|
54,310
|
57,638
|
61,364
|
85,461
|
June
|
60,287
|
64,505
|
64,291
|
89,327
|
117,176
|
July
|
61,090
|
54,151
|
64,805
|
104,367
|
105,020
|
August
|
49,422
|
80,297
|
54,155
|
61,885
|
152,618
|
September
|
55,078
|
70,156
|
85,784
|
66,210
|
136,191
|
October
|
50,921
|
84,237
|
58,371
|
66,599
|
106,945
|
November
|
46,438
|
46,719
|
62,016
|
57,498
|
|
December
|
50,522
|
23,721
|
47,562
|
55,817
|
|
January
|
61,855
|
33,757
|
43,266
|
89,791
|
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February
|
40,807
|
60,572
|
54,804
|
72,791
|
|
March
|
28,519
|
31,377
|
44,610
|
124,079
|
|
Total
|
593,857
|
661,366
|
739,255
|
917,053
|
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Notes:
1. Requests for forecasts received clerically or via the telephone were not kept separately until November 2005.
2. Clerical clearance figures were not complete for February and March 2006 therefore figures that were available were divided equally between both months.
Source:
Future Pension Centre Automated Call Distribution and Clerical Count of BR19s.
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Mr. Waterson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many state pension forecast forms have been downloaded in each month since the service has been provided. [138055]
James Purnell:
The state pension forecast application form has been available to download since the late 1990s, but statistical data are only available from July 2003 (shown in the following table). Some months are unavailable because of technical problems The available information is in the table.
Number of state pension forecast forms downloaded each month |
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
April
|
|
|
9,354
|
8,681
|
9,985
|
May
|
|
8,189
|
8,709
|
9,469
|
|
June
|
|
13,228
|
11,260
|
5,379
|
|
July
|
10,630
|
14,212
|
10,972
|
7,835
|
|
August
|
8,426
|
12,987
|
12,777
|
9,100
|
|
September
|
|
14,695
|
14,283
|
10,417
|
|
October
|
|
16,695
|
14,638
|
10,802
|
|
November
|
|
10,220
|
10,710
|
9,732
|
|
December
|
|
7,424
|
5,997
|
7,392
|
|
January
|
13,543
|
12,202
|
10,918
|
12,927
|
|
February
|
13,464
|
12,979
|
11,030
|
11,946
|
|
March
|
13,804
|
11,575
|
12,903
|
11,835
|
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Source:
Monthly Webtrends Report
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