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BASIC STATE RETIREMENT PENSION
Date Effective	Single Person		Married Couple
	£ per week	£ per annum*	£ per week	£ per annum*
July 1948	1.30	67.60	2.10	109.20
October 1951	1.50	78.00	2.50	130.00
September 1952	1.625	84.50	2.70	140.40
April 1955	2.00	104.00	3.25	169.00
January 1958	2.50	130.00	4.00	208.00
April 1961	2.875	149.50	4.625	240.50
May 1963	3.375	175.50	5.45	283.40
March 1965	4.00	208.00	6.50	338.00
October 1967	4.50	234.00	7.30	379.60
November 1969	5.00	260.00	8.10	421.20
September 1971	6.00	312.00	9.70	504.40
October 1972	6.75	351.00	10.90	566.80
October 1973	7.75	403.00	12.50	650.00
July 1974	10.00	520.00	16.00	832.00
April 1975	11.60	603.20	18.50	962.00
November 1975	13.30	691.60	21.50	1102.40
November 1976	15.30	795.60	24.50	1274.00
November 1977	17.50	910.00	28.00	1456.00
November 1978	19.50	1014.00	31.20	1622.40
November 1979	23.30	1211.60	37.30	1939.60
Date Effective	Single Person		Married Couple
	£ per week	£ per annum*	£ per week	£ per annum*
November 1980	27.15	1411.80	43.45	2259.40
November 1981	29.60	1539.20	47.35	2462.20
November 1982	32.85	1708.20	52.55	2732.60
November 1983	34.05	1770.60	54.50	2834.00
November 1984	35.80	1861.60	57.30	2979.60
November 1985	38.30	1991.60	61.30	3187.60
July 1986	38.70	2012.40	61.95	3221.40
April 1987	39.50	2054.00	63.25	3289.00
April 1988	41.15	2139.80	65.90	3426.80
April 1989	43.60	2267.20	69.80	3629.60
April 1990	46.90	2438.80	75.10	3905.20
April 1991	52.00	2704.00	83.25	4329.00
April 1992	54.15	2815.80	86.70	4508.40
April 1993	56.10	2917.20	89.80	4669.60
April 1994	57.60	2995.20	92.10	4789.20
April 1995	58.85	3060.20	94.10	4893.20
April 1996	61.15	3179.80	97.75	5083.00
April 1997	62.45	3247.40	99.80	5189.60
April 1998	64.70	3364.40	103.40	5376.80
April 1999	66.75	3471.00	106.70	5548.40
April 2000	67.50	3510.00	107.90	5610.80
April 2001	72.50	3770.00	115.90	6026.80
April 2002	75.50	3926.00	120.70	6276.40
April 2003	77.45	4027.40	123.80	6437.60
April 2004	79.60	4139.20	127.25	6617.00
April 2005	82.05	4266.60	131.20	6822.40
April 2006	84.25	4381.00	134.75	7007.00
April 2007	87.30	4539.60	139.60	7259.20
April 2008	90.70	4716.40	145.05	7542.60
* Annual rate = 52 x weekly rate
Notes: Formerly indexed in line with the greater of earnings or price rises, but since 1980 linked to RPI (currently measured over the 12 months to the previous September). Currently guaranteed to rise by the greater of the September RPI figure and 2.5% pa. Rounding may be up or down, entirely at the discretion of the Secretary of State [SSAA 92 s.150].

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