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State Retirement Pensions: Scotland

Volume 457: debated on Monday 5 March 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) men and (b) women in (i) Glenrothes, (ii) Scotland and (iii) the UK qualify for a full basic state pension. (122620)

The information requested is not available. However, the information for recipients with full basic state pension as at March 2006 is in the following table.

Male

Female

Total

Glenrothes parliamentary constituency

5,500

4,900

10,500

Scotland

306,300

305,900

612,200

GB

3,501,600

3,146,700

6,648,300

Notes:

1. Sample data are subject to a degree of sampling error.

2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. Totals may not sum due to rounding.

3. Figures have been rated to match WPLS totals.

4. Figures are for Great Britain.

5. A full basic state pension (£84.25 in 2006-07) is paid to those who fully satisfy the contribution conditions either in their own right or where applicable, on the basis of their late or former spouse’s contributions.

Source:

DWP Information Directorate 5 per cent. sample data.