§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the number of pensioners eligible for benefits and entitlements in Portsmouth, South; and if he will make a statement. [73875]
§ Mr. McCartneySuch information as is available is shown in the table below. Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit are not available at constituency level. Estimates of the number of pensioners eligible for but not claiming the MIG are not available below national level. These figures are included in the publication "Take Up of Income Related Benefits: Statistics for 1999/2000", copies of which are available in the Library.
Table 1: Figures for Portsmouth South Benefit Total recipients Minimum Income Guarantee 3,600 State Pension 17,000 Attendance Allowance 2,100 Winter Fuel Payment 17,700 Free TV Licence (entitlement) 6,700 Sources:
MIG—Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiry. May 2002 Figures marked"*" are subject to a high degree of sampling variation and should be used as a guide to the current situation only
State Pensions—Figures taken from a 5 per cent. sample from the Pensions Strategy Computer System at 30 March 2002.
AA Figures taken from a 5 per cent. sample from the AA/DLA computer system at 28 February 2002.
WFP—Figures taken from a 100 per cent. sample from the Winter Fuel Payment 2001/2002 Exercise
Free TV Licence—Figures taken from a 5 per cent. sample from the Client Group analysis of the population over state pension age as at 30 November 2001.
§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his latest estimate is of unclaimed benefits and entitlements in Portsmouth, South: and if he will make a statement. [73877]
§ Malcolm WicksThe information requested is not available.