Information for London cannot be provided at a lower level than Government office region, averaged over three years. Information that is available is set out in the following table.
£ per week (2005-06 prices) London Great Britain 1994-95 to 1996-97 227 219 1995-96 to 1997-98 225 224 1996-97 to 1998-99 242 231 1997-98 to 1999-2000 256 237 1998-99 to 2000-01 276 245 1999-2000 to 2001-02 286 255 2000-01 to 2002-03 287 264 2001-02 to 2003-04 287 272 2002-03 to 2004-05 287 279 2003-04 to 2005-06 303 287 Notes 1 .Net income before housing costs is gross income less income tax payments, national insurance contributions, contributions to occupational and private pension schemes, local taxes, maintenance and child support payments, and parental contributions to children living away from home. Gross income is from all sources received by the pensioner unit, including income from social security benefits, earnings from employment, any private pension, and tax credits. 2. Based on survey data and as such subject to a degree of sampling and non sampling error. 3. Figures are based on the average of three years' data for government office regions as single year estimates do not provide a robust guide to year-on-year changes. Great Britain figures are included on the same basis for comparison: further information for single years at a national level are available in the publication ‘Pensioners' Income Series 2005-06 (Revised)’. 4. Figures have been rounded to the nearest £. 5. Pensioner units are either pensioner couples or single pensioners. 6. Pensioner couples are couples where one or more of the adults are state pension age or over. Source: Pensioners' Income Series 2005/06 (Revised)