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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
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

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

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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	—
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	—
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.

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	—
Source: Monthly Webtrends Report

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