Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish a table showing the (1) lowest, and (2) median, (a) pre-2016, and (b) post-2016, state pension for (i) men, and (ii) women.
Answered on
18 July 2022
The median weekly amount of State Pension paid, by gender, at the end of November 2021 is shown in the below table. These show payments under the two systems: - (i) the basic State Pension (bSP) plus other components such additional State Pension (SERPS and State Second Pension) and Graduated Retirement Benefit, which operated for people who reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016; and (ii) the new State Pension (nSP) system for people reaching State Pension age from that date onwards. The lowest State Pension amounts in payments are less than £1 per week for all groups.
Please note that this does not include any payments of Pension Credit which people may be receiving in addition to their contributory State Pension.
Median weekly amount of State Pension (£) by gender, Quarter ending November 2021
Type of State Pension | Women | Men | Total |
Pre 2016 State Pension | 150.88 | 172.79 | 161.06 |
New State Pension | 175.90 | 179.41 | 177.94 |
Source: DWP, Data and Analytics, Digital Group - Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study, and other administrative data.
Notes:
- Coverage: All cases in payment in Great Britain, plus claimants residing abroad. This excludes cases administered in Northern Ireland.
- This data table provides temporary estimates for November 2021. The data will be withdrawn and replaced with new data on ‘Stat-Xplore’ once the Get Your State Pension (GYSP) system data have been reliably developed and tested.