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Some of these women may be eligible to receive a basic state pension based on their husband's contribution record.

Number of UK women not satisfying the 25 per cent. rule (thousand)
Additional qualifying years required to satisfy the 25 per cent rule
Age in 2003- 0 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 or more All

60

9

7

6

5

4

3

1

2

2

39

61

8

7

8

6

5

5

3

0

4

46

62

9

9

10

8

7

4

4

2

4

56

63

10

10

10

9

7

6

2

2

6

62

64

12

13

11

13

9

7

4

2

5

76

65

14

16

18

13

10

6

4

3

5

89

66

13

16

16

16

12

8

5

2

5

93

67

15

16

16

16

14

7

4

2

7

96

68

12

17

19

14

9

8

5

4

6

94

69

15

17

21

17

11

9

6

2

5

102

All

117

129

135

118

86

63

38

20

48

754

Notes:
1. Figures refer to women living in the UK.
2. Figures refer to entitlement based on women's own contribution records.
3. The information is based on the data held on the national insurance record up to and including the 2003-04 tax year at May 2005. It therefore excludes any national insurance contributions paid after that date.
Source:
Lifetime Labour Market Database 2, 2003-04

Additionally, pursuant to my answer to PQ/07/155043, Official Report, vol. 463. column 2377, the numbers given in that answer now need revising to mirror the same methodology used to determine the numbers for the above answer.

The error arose because the method used to select the data was incorrect in that complete work histories were looked at instead of the national insurance record at the specific ages. This therefore meant that too many people were included in the answer because people would have less than 25 per cent. entitlement in their earlier years but they would have improved their entitlement over their working lives.

The revised table is set out in the following table:

Number of UK women not satisfying the 25 per cent rule (thousand)
BSP entitlement at state pension age (percentage)
Age in 2003-04 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 All

60

3

3

8

10

15

39

61

5

4

10

12

15

46

62

6

5

10

17

18

56

63

7

5

13

19

19

62

64

6

7

15

24

25

76

65

6

8

16

31

28

89

66

6

7

20

31

29

93

67

8

6

20

33

30

96

68

7

9

17

33

29

94

69

7

8

19

37

32

102

All

59

60

148

247

241

754


Social Security Benefits: Telephone Services

Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the (a) efficacy and (b) fairness of requiring applicants for income support, jobseekers allowance and incapacity benefit to use a telephone; if he will review the requirement that an emergency crisis loan cannot be made from a Jobcentre Plus office customer phone; what estimate he has made of the number of claimants who applied on pay-as-you-go mobile phones that do not give free calls to the 0800 number in the latest period for which figures are available; what estimate he has made of how often applicants did not complete the journey through the automated menu options; and what estimate he has made of how often staff offered applicants alternative means to claim. [155271]

Mr. Plaskitt [holding answer 12 September 2007]: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus, Lesley Strathie. I have asked her to provide the hon. Member with the information requested.

Letter from Lesley Strathie dated, 9 October 2007:


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