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Mr. D. E. Thomas
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many retirement pensioners in Great Britain,
| RETIREMENT PENSIONERS RECEIVING A SUPPLEMENTARY PENSION | |||||||
| (Thousands) | |||||||
| November 1970 | November 1971 | November 1972 | November 1973 | November 1974 | December 1975* | ||
| Great Britain | … | 1,701 | 1,772 | 1,768 | 1,714 | 1,679 | 1,556 |
| Wales | … | 104 | 108 | 102 | 99 | 94 | 89 |
| Scotland | … | 162 | 168 | 169 | 167 | 163 | 144 |
| England: | |||||||
| All Regions | … | 1,435 | 1,496 | 1,498 | 1,447 | 1,421 | 1,323 |
| Northern | … | 133 | 139 | 136 | 131 | 121 | 103 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | … | 178 | 185 | 186 | 176 | 180 | 158 |
| East Midlands and East Anglia | 148 | 157 | 158 | 152 | 148 | 135 | |
| London, North | … | 155 | 158 | 165 | 157 | 154 | 150 |
| London, South | … | 185 | 197 | 191 | 188 | 179 | 174 |
| London, West | … | 131 | 136 | 144 | 138 | 124 | 113 |
| South-Western | … | 115 | 121 | 118 | 114 | 123 | 118 |
| West Midlands | … | 151 | 158 | 161 | 155 | 154 | 146 |
| North-Western (Manchester) | … | 121 | 125 | 125 | 122 | 128 | 118 |
| North-Western (Merseyside) | … | 117 | 119 | 114 | 115 | 110 | 106 |
| SUPPLEMENTARY PENSIONERS AS A PERCENTAGE OF ALL PERSONS RECEIVING A RETIREMENT PENSION§ | ||||||||
| 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974‡ | ||||
| Great Britain | … | … | … | 22·7 | 23·2 | 22·7 | 21·6 | 20·8 |
| England† | … | … | … | 22·6 | 22·9 | 22·5 | 21·7 | 20·9 |
| Wales | … | … | … | 28·7 | 29·3 | 27·1 | 23·7 | 22·4 |
| Scotland | … | … | … | 25·2 | 25·6 | 25·1 | 23·6 | 22·7 |
* Figure for 1975 are provisonal.
† A regional breakdown is not available
‡ The latest comparison available. A comparison for 1975 will not be available until summer 1976.
§ Includes those in receipt of an old person's pension but excludes wives with retirement pensions and widows over 60 in recept of a widows pension.