Pensioners (Hansard, 5 December 2001)

§ Judy Mallaber
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in Amber Valley will be affected by the measures contained in the pre-Budget announcement. [19093]

§ Mr. McCartney
There are 16.9 thousand people in receipt of Retirement Pension in Amber Valley. They will all gain from the measures which increase pensioners' income.
Notes:
1. Figure has been rounded to the nearest hundred.
2. Based on a 5 per cent. sample from the Pension Strategy Computer System at 31 March 2001.
3. Parliamentary constituencies derived by matching claimant postcodes on PSCS with ONS Postcode Directory, version 1 2000.

§ Dr. Kumar
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East constituency are(a) benefiting from the minimum income guarantee and (b) entitled to claim that benefit. [19978]

§ Mr. McCartney
As at May 2001, there were 3,500 minimum income guarantee (MIG) recipients in the Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East constituency.
Estimates of the numbers of people who may be eligible for, but who have not claimed the MIG, are not available below national level.