The information requested is in the following table:
Standard rate on own contributions Standard rate for couple where wife is reliant on husband's insurance 1996-97 61.15 97.75 2009-10 (actual) 95.25 152.30 2009-10 (uprated by prices) 88.70 141.80 Notes: 1. All figures in cash terms. 2. Uprating calculations employ historic annual increase in the RPI series for September of the previous year. 3. There is no such thing as an actual ‘singles rate’ though the standard rate of the Category A pension is commonly referred to as the ‘singles rate’. Similarly the sum of the Category A and Category B(L) pension is often referred to as the ‘couples rate’. 4. Category B(L) pension is about 60 per cent. of the standard rate basic Category A pension. It is payable by virtue of a spouse's qualifying years or earnings.