§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners within the Portsmouth, South constituency will benefit from the introduction of the pension tax credit in October 2003; and if he will make a statement. [85870]
§ Mr. McCartneyEstimates of pension credit entitlement are not available at constituency level due to the insufficient sample cases in the survey data used. However, just under half of all pensioner households across Great Britain will be eligible for Pension Credit. Such information as is available relates to pensioners in the Portsmouth, South constituency receiving the Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG) and is as follows: As at August 2002, there were 3,200 MIG recipients in the Portsmouth, South constituency.