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Mr. Meacher
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will state for each year since 1979 the value of widow's pension for a widow aged 50 when her husband died, as a percentage of the index of average earnings.
Miss Widdecombe
The information requested is given in the table.
Table | |||
A | B | C | D |
Date | Average Weekly Earnings | Standard Rate of Basic Widows Pension | Percentage C to B |
November 1979 | 114·10 | 23·30 | 20·4 |
November 1980 | 135·10 | 27·15 | 20·1 |
November 1981 | 149·50 | 29·60 | 19·8 |
November 1982 | 160·60 | 32·85 | 20·5 |
November 1983 | 175·30 | 34·05 | 19·4 |
November 1984 | 187·40 | 35·80 | 19·1 |
November 1985 | 199·50 | 38·30 | 19·2 |
July 1986 | 210·90 | 38·70 | 18·3 |
April 1987 | 224·00 | 39·50 | 17·6 |
April 1988 | 245·80 | 41·15 (26·75) | 16·7(10·9) |
April 1989 | 269·50 | 43·60 (28·34) | 16·2 (10·5) |
April 1990 | 295·60 | 46·90 (30·49) | 15·9(10·3) |
April 1991 | 320·60 | 52·00 (33·80) | 16·2(10·5) |
Note:
Column A—Uprating Date.
Column B—Average weekly earnings are taken from the New Earnings Survey and are for full-time adult males in April of each year.
Column C—Standard rate of Widows Pension—age 50 (age 55 after April 1988) at husband's death. The figures in brackets show the rate paid to a widow age 50 at the time of her husband's death (after April 1988).