Premium Bonds
(asked on 10th December 2020) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the age breakdown is of all Premium Bonds prize winners in (a) the most recent year for which figures are available and (b) the four years previous to that.
Number of customers winning prizes by year and age at time of draw
Age at time of draw | Prize winning year | |||||
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
0 - 7 | 58,418 | 51,264 | 47,974 | 44,541 | 48,268 | 54,341 |
8-15 | 127,884 | 121,865 | 118,232 | 105,275 | 108,811 | 114,131 |
16 - 19 | 76,245 | 71,707 | 68,674 | 61,989 | 62,695 | 65,048 |
20 - 29 | 238,694 | 211,369 | 197,538 | 171,500 | 164,426 | 164,758 |
30 - 39 | 274,319 | 233,201 | 215,303 | 188,873 | 177,352 | 178,391 |
40 - 49 | 357,591 | 323,493 | 315,785 | 299,621 | 301,463 | 315,043 |
50 - 59 | 688,877 | 636,967 | 615,902 | 580,711 | 564,163 | 565,019 |
60 - 69 | 918,911 | 866,450 | 852,753 | 825,120 | 832,777 | 848,568 |
70 - 79 | 933,362 | 874,944 | 830,634 | 762,068 | 701,447 | 661,476 |
80 - 89 | 461,488 | 438,250 | 415,650 | 382,568 | 359,765 | 339,288 |
90+ | 116,799 | 105,336 | 95,667 | 84,347 | 89,222 | 162,529 |
Unknown | 329,309 | 348,243 | 364,683 | 348,121 | 378,254 | 422,131 |
Total | 4,581,897 | 4,283,089 | 4,138,795 | 3,854,734 | 3,788,643 | 3,890,723 |
*Age at time for winning is based on the current age. For example, -1 for 2019, -2 for 2018 etc.
*Based on current age between 0-107, any age over 107 or null is classified as unknown
* Based on number of customers winning, not number of prizes. A customer may win multiple prizes within any year.