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Mr. Allen
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of pensioners are in the top half of income distribution; and what was the comparable figure for 1979.
Miss Widdecombe
In 1987, 28 per cent. of pensioners were in the top half of the total income distribution, compared with only 24 per cent. in 1979.