Written answers
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Department of Social Protection
State Pension (Contributory) Numbers
Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a rate band analysis of all State pension contributory awards since 1 September 2012, broken down by number of awards, gender and percentage of overall awards (details supplied). [16099/14]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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There were 47,136 State Pension Contributory claims awarded in the period since September 1st 2012. A breakdown of these claims by rate band and gender is provided in the tabular statement below. The claims are further broken down to identify mixed rate, EU and other bilateral awards, where the rate of payment is a percentage of the relevant rate for the full amount in each band.
| - | Rates Band € | Male SPC rate banding | Female SPC rate banding | Male mixed/EU rate banding | Female mixed/EU rate banding | % Male claims in band | % Female claims in band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 or over | 230.30 | 17,604 | 6,061 | 1,470 | 464 | 66% | 36% |
| 40-47 | 225.80 | 2,956 | 921 | 531 | 337 | 12% | 7% |
| 30-39 | 207.00 | 2,418 | 2,581 | 333 | 524 | 9% | 17% |
| 20-29 | 196.00 | 2,125 | 4,284 | 205 | 563 | 8% | 27% |
| 15-19 | 150.00 | 859 | 1,356 | 77 | 223 | 3% | 9% |
| 10-14* | 92.00 | 505 | 611 | 36 | 92 | 2% | 4% |
| Total | - | 26,467 | 15,814 | 2,652 | 2,203 | 100% | 100% |
* Half rate pre 53 and self employed claims are included in this band as it is close to their actual rate.
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