Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on levels of pension income by ethnicity.

National statistics on pensioners income by ethnicity can be found on the ‘ethnicity facts and figures’ website, here: https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/work-pay-and-benefits/pay-and-income/pensioner-income/latest

In addition, National Statistics on the percentage of pensioners in low income and income of pensioners by income quintile, by ethnicity are published annually in the ‘Households Below Average Income’ publication. Latest statistics can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201718