To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of people in Cambridgeshire and the UK who hold NI numbers and have made NI contributions have made sufficient contributions to qualify for the basic pension.
Mr. Djanogly: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of people in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) the United Kingdom who hold National Insurance numbers and have made National Insurance contributions have made the required level of contributions to qualify for the basic state pension during each of the last 10 tax years. [156500]
Mr. Mike O'Brien [holding answer 8 October 2007]: Information is only available for the United Kingdom as a whole and is in the following table.
Number of people in the UK who have paid, been treated as having paid or been credited with national insurance contributions and numbers who have gained a qualifying year as a result |
Thousand |
Tax year | Total with any contributions | Total with enough contributions to gain a qualifying year |
1994-95 | 31,511 | 27,170 |
1995-96 | 31,800 | 27,853 |
1996-97 | 32,037 | 28,045 |
1997-98 | 32,015 | 28,519 |
1998-99 | 32,248 | 28,787 |
1999-2000 | 32,706 | 29,400 |
2000-01 | 32,998 | 29,916 |
2001-02 | 33,156 | 30,099 |
2002-03 | 33,336 | 30,240 |
2003-04 | 33,307 | 30,066 |
Notes:
1. Figures are shown to the nearest thousand
2. Some people may not have passed the first qualifying condition to receive a basic state pension in that they may not have paid at least one year of national insurance contributions.
3. Some people may not have passed the second qualifying condition in that they may not have accrued entitlement to at least 25 per cent. of the full basic state pension.
Source:
One per cent DWP Information Directorate datasets
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