asked the Minister for Social Welfare the main income (pensions, etc.) of aged persons in the member States of the EEC in sterling as at 10.10.73, in the form of a reply of 10.10.73 to written question 13473 published in the Official Journal of the EEC dated 25.10.73, Volume 16, No. C.89.
Written Answers. - Aged Person's Income.
99.
The table referred to was published by the EEC Commission in reply to a question seeking information on the legal amount of the minimum monthly income received by aged persons in the nine countries of the Community. The attached table shows the sterling equivalents of the amounts quoted by the commission as being the minimum monthly income for aged persons in the member states.
|
Reference Date |
Type |
Amounts |
Qualifying Age |
Special Conditions |
|
|
Belgium |
1/2/1973 |
Guaranteed income |
£42.31 couple£28.21 single person |
65 m.60 f. |
Resources and residence |
|
Denmark |
1/6/1973 |
Minimum pension |
£86.38 couple£57.35 single person |
67 m.62 f. |
Residence |
|
Germany |
1/6/1973 |
Minimum public assistance |
£31.11 single person |
— |
Residence |
|
France |
1/6/1973 |
Workers old age allowance and supplement, national solidarity fund |
£33.31 single person |
65 |
Trade or professional resources residence |
|
Ireland |
5/7/1973 |
Minimum pension |
£47.88 couple£27.73 single person |
6969 |
|
|
Italy |
1/1/1973 |
Minimum pension (wage-and-salary- earners) |
£24.69 single person |
65 |
Trade or profession (15 years minimum) |
|
Luxembourg |
1/6/1973 |
Minimum guaranteed income |
£68.32 couple£50.53 single person |
65 |
Residence regular employment |
|
Netherlands |
1/7/1973 |
General minimum pension |
£106.42 couple£75.16 single person |
65 |
Residence |
|
United Kingdom |
1/10/1973 |
Supplementary benefit |
£55.68 couple£35.32 single person£56.76 couple£36.40 single person |
65 m.65 m.61 f.80 m. or f.80 |
Resources |