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Pensioners: Personal Income

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average income of the (a) top and (b) bottom quartile of (i) pensioners and (ii) pensioners over the age of 80 in each region was in each year since 1997. [205491]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: Information for those over the age of 80 is not available due to small sample sizes.

The information for all pensioners is shown in the following tables. Figures are based on survey data and as such are subject to a degree of sampling and non-sampling error. Figures are based on the average of three years' data as single-year estimates do not provide a robust guide to year-on-year changes. Users should not read too much into small differences between regions or between three-year averages, particularly for the top quartile, where estimates may be influenced by extreme values.

Average gross income of all pensioners in the top quartile of the income distribution of pensioner units in Great Britain by region
£ per week (2006 - 07 prices)

1997-98 to 1999-2000 1998-99 to 2000-01 1999-2000 to 2001-02 2000-01 to 2002-03 2001-02 to 2003-04 2002-03 to 2004-05 2003-04 to 2005-06 2004-05 to 2006-07

North East

528

537

551

587

631

691

713

754

North West and Merseyside

585

614

586

605

653

702

742

727

Yorkshire and the Humber

635

652

683

697

737

703

712

691

East Midlands

550

563

583

619

654

689

695

737

West Midlands

605

618

626

632

629

663

704

713

East of England

655

662

667

700

711

728

720

741

London

711

795

855

820

796

770

828

901

South East

652

677

741

787

830

835

851

839

South West

576

630

643

668

654

712

747

774

Wales

521

522

551

588

653

662

680

675

Scotland

583

605

611

622

621

668

684

727

England

625

657

682

702

721

739

765

778

Great Britain

616

646

669

690

709

729

754

769



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Average gross income of all pensioners in the bottom quartile of the income distribution of pensioner units in Great Britain by region
£ per week (2006 - 07 prices)

1997-98 to 1999-2000 1998-99 to 2000-01 1999-2000 to 2001-02 2000-01 to 2002-03 2001-02 to 2003-04 2002-03 to 2004-05 2003-04 to 2005-06 2004-05 to 2006-07

North East

118

125

131

137

142

144

148

147

North West

114

118

124

129

133

138

142

143

Yorkshire and the Humber

119

124

128

133

138

142

143

144

East Midlands

114

117

122

127

133

137

140

141

West Midlands

114

119

124

128

132

135

140

141

East of England

113

117

122

126

130

135

138

139

London

108

110

115

120

123

127

128

131

South East

111

117

120

124

129

135

138

138

South West

112

116

123

126

131

135

137

138

Wales

112

117

123

129

134

138

141

142

Scotland

118

122

128

134

139

144

146

147

England

114

118

123

127

131

136

139

140

Great Britain

114

118

123

128

132

137

140

141

Notes:
1. Gross income is income from all sources received by the pensioner unit including income from social security benefits, earnings from employment, any private pension, and tax credits.
2. Figures show average income for pensioner units in each region within relevant quartile of the income distribution for Great Britain.
3. Based on survey data and as such subject to a degree of sampling and non sampling error. Figures are based on the average of three years' data as single year estimates do not provide a robust guide to year-on-year changes. Estimates for the highest quartile may be influenced by extreme values. Users should not read too much into small differences between regions.
4. Great Britain figures are included on the same basis for comparison: further information for single years at a national level are available in the publication “Pensioners' Income Series 2006-07”.
5. Figures have been rounded to the nearest £.
6. Pensioner units are either pensioner couples or single pensioners.
7. Pensioner couples are couples where one or more of the adults are state pension age or over.
Source:
Pensioners' Income Series 2006-07

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