To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 19 March 1999, Official Report, columns 838–39, on bereavement benefits, if he will estimate the ranges of income from occupational pensions being received by the widows in receipt of such pensions. [80599]
[holding answer 14 April 1999]: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
| Amount of occupational pension received by widows in Great Britain in 1996–97 | |
| Thousand | |
| Amount of occupational pension received | Number |
| No occupational pension | 1,450 |
| £0-£10 | 180 |
| £10-£20 | 260 |
| £20-£30 | 180 |
| £30-£40 | 140 |
| £40-£50 | 100 |
| £50 or more | 80 |
| Total | 2,780 |
Official Report, at columns 838–39 included information on widowers. The analysis reproduced related only to widows.
Number and proportion of widows in receipt of occupational pension by Government Office Region/Home Nation (1996–97)
| ||||||
Number of widows (Thousand)
| Percentage of widows
| |||||
Government Office Regions (exc. NI)
| In receipt of occupational pension
| Not in receipt of occupational pension
| Total
| In receipt of occupational pension
| Not in receipt of occupational pension
| Total
|
| London | 120 | 190 | 310 | 40 | 60 | 100 |
| South East | 190 | 170 | 360 | 54 | 46 | 100 |
| South West | 120 | 120 | 230 | 50 | 50 | 100 |
| Wales | 90 | 90 | 180 | 51 | 49 | 100 |
| Scotland | 120 | 140 | 250 | 46 | 54 | 100 |
| England | 1,120 | 1,230 | 2,350 | 48 | 52 | 100 |
| All widows | 1,330 | 1,450 | 2,780 | 48 | 52 | 100 |
Notes: