Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Wales are recipients of the (a) old and (b) new State Pension; and how many and what proportion of those recipients receive the full rate of the (i) old and (ii) new State Pension in the latest period for which data is available.

It is not possible to make direct, like for like comparisons between State Pension amounts received under the pre 2016 State Pension system and the new State Pension. Under both systems, the amount people are entitled to varies according to their National Insurance record. In addition to the basic State Pension, people on the pre 2016 system may also receive some earnings-related additional State Pension and/or Graduated Retirement Benefit

As of the quarter ending May 2023, the number of people in Wales who were the recipients of the:

a) Basic State Pension (BSP) was 458,382.

b) New State Pension (nSP) was 177,404.

The number of those recipients as of the end of May 2023 who received the full rate of the:

i) Basic State Pension was 377,303. This is 82% of the people in receipt of the BSP.

ii) New State Pension was 93,153. This is 53% of the people in receipt of the nSP.

This data is available on Stat-Xplore at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk in the ‘State Pension - Data from May 2018’ dataset. Quarter ending May 2023 is the latest available data, due to data processing issues with the Get Your State Pension service. More information is available in the Background information note: DWP benefits statistical summaries.

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