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.