Annex 3
Pensioners in low-income in Scotland
The numbers and percentages of pensioners in
households with low incomes, by Government Office Regions, Scotland
and Wales over the period 1994-95 to 2004-05, are presented in
Tables 1 and 2 below.
Table 7
NUMBER OF PENSIONERS IN LOW INCOME (IN MILLIONS)
Source: Family
Resources Survey
|
| Three-year averages
|
| After Housing costs | 1994-95 to 1996-97
| 1995-96 to 1997-98 | 1996-97 to 1998-99
| 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
|
|
| North East | 0.14
| 0.14 | 0.14
| 0.13 | 0.13
| 0.12 | 0.11
| 0.10 | 0.08
|
| North West & Merseyside | 0.31
| 0.32 | 0.33
| 0.32 | 0.30
| 0.28 | 0.27
| 0.26 | 0.24
|
| Yorkshire & the Humber | 0.25
| 0.26 | 0.27
| 0.27 | 0.26
| 0.24 | 0.21
| 0.19 | 0.17
|
| East Midlands | 0.19
| 0.20 | 0.20
| 0.20 | 0.20
| 0.19 | 0.19
| 0.18 | 0.17
|
| West Midlands | 0.22
| 0.25 | 0.26
| 0.25 | 0.25
| 0.24 | 0.25
| 0.23 | 0.21
|
| Eastern | 0.29
| 0.25 | 0.26
| 0.26 | 0.26
| 0.24 | 0.23
| 0.22 | 0.21
|
| London | 0.29
| 0.30 | 0.30
| 0.30 | 0.29
| 0.28 | 0.25
| 0.24 | 0.21
|
| South East | 0.34
| 0.34 | 0.34
| 0.34 | 0.33
| 0.31 | 0.30
| 0.29 | 0.27
|
| South West | 0.25
| 0.27 | 0.27
| 0.26 | 0.25
| 0.24 | 0.23
| 0.21 | 0.19
|
| Wales | 0.14
| 0.14 | 0.14
| 0.14 | 0.13
| 0.13 | 0.12
| 0.12 | 0.10
|
| Scotland | 0.24
| 0.24 | 0.24
| 0.22 | 0.22
| 0.21 | 0.19
| 0.18 | 0.17
|
Note:
1. Numbers are provided using a three-year moving average, as single-year estimates do not provide a robust guide to year-on-year changes. Hence, figures are not consistent with any previously published single-year estimates and there may be differences in changes over time. In circumstances such as a change in trend, moving averages will show less variation than single-year estimates.
2. Table shows number of pensioners in millions rounded to the nearest 10 thousand.
3. In this answer low income is determined for individuals as living in households with incomes below 60 per cent of the GB median.
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Table 8
PERCENTAGE OF PENSIONERS IN LOW INCOME
Source: Family Resources Survey
|
| Three-year averages
|
| After Housing costs | 1994-95 to 1996-97
| 1995-96 to 1997-98 | 1996-97 to 1998-99
| 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
|
|
| North East | 31
| 31 | 30
| 28 | 27
| 25 | 24
| 20 | 18
|
| North West & Merseyside | 26
| 26 | 27
| 26 | 25
| 24 | 23
| 21 | 20
|
| Yorkshire & the Humber | 29
| 29 | 31
| 30 | 29
| 27 | 24
| 22 | 19
|
| East Midlands | 26
| 28 | 28
| 28 | 27
| 26 | 25
| 23 | 22
|
| West Midlands | 27
| 27 | 28
| 27 | 27
| 26 | 26
| 24 | 22
|
| Eastern | 28
| 26 | 28
| 27 | 27
| 24 | 23
| 22 | 21
|
| London | 28 |
29 | 30
| 30 | 28
| 28 | 25
| 24 | 21
|
| South East | 25
| 24 | 24
| 24 | 23
| 22 | 21
| 20 | 18
|
| South West | 26
| 28 | 27
| 27 | 25
| 24 | 23
| 21 | 18
|
| Wales | 24 |
25 | 25
| 25 | 24
| 23 | 21
| 21 | 18
|
| Scotland | 28
| 27 | 27
| 26 | 25
| 23 | 22
| 20 | 18
|
|
Note:
1. Percentages are provided using a three-year moving average, as single-year estimates do not provide a robust guide to year-on-year changes. Hence, figures are not consistent with any previously published single-year estimates and there may be differences in changes over time. In circumstances such as a change in trend, moving averages will show less variation than single-year estimates.
2. In this answer low income is determined for individuals as living in households with incomes below 60% of the GB median.
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