HC Deb 08 January 2002 vol 377 cc697-8W
Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in the Epsom and Ewell constituency received the minimum income guarantee in each year since 1998. [23431]

Mr. McCartney

The latest figures as at August 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 for pensioners in the Epsom and Ewell constituency receiving minimum income guarantee are as follows:

Thousand
Number of claimants
August 1998 1.2
August 1999 1.1
August 2000 1.1
August 2001 1.2

Martin Linton

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in Battersea receive the minimum income guarantee; and what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners who are entitled to benefit from it. [24408]

Mr. McCartney

As at August 2001 there were 2,800 pensioners receiving the minimum income guarantee (MIG) in Battersea.

Estimates of the number of pensioners who may qualify for, but who have not claimed the MIG are not available below national level. The latest national figures on the number of people who may be entitled to the MIG are included in the publication "Take Up of Income Related Benefits: Statistics for 1999–2000", copies of which are available in the Library of both Houses.

Adam Price

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in Wales qualify for the minimum income guarantee; and how many are in receipt of it. [23960]

Mr. McCartney

As at August 2001 there were 100,200 pensioners claiming the minimum income guarantee (MIG) in Wales.

Estimates of the number of people who may qualify for, but who have not claimed the MIG are not available below national level.