Minimum Income Guarantee (Hansard, 25 February 2002)

§ Adam Price
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners qualify for the minimum income guarantee; and how many are in receipt of it. [35622]

§ Mr. McCartney
As at August 2001 there were 1,736,200 pensioners claiming the minimum income guarantee (MIG). Figures for the number of pensioners who may be entitled to but who have not claimed the MIG are contained in the publication "Take Up of Income Related Benefits: Statistics for 1999/00".

§ Mr. Stevenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners claim the minimum income guarantee in each parliamentary constituency in Stoke-on-Trent. [37268]
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§ Mr. McCartney
The information requested is in the table:

Income support MIG claimants by parliamentary constituencies in Stoke-on-Trent, as at August 2001

Thousand

Parliamentary constituency Number of claimants

Stoke-on-Trent, Central 2.8

Stoke-on-Trent, North 3.1

Stoke-on-Trent, South 3.4

Income support MIG claimants by parliamentary constituencies in Stoke-on-Trent, as at August 2001
Thousand
Parliamentary constituency	Number of claimants
Stoke-on-Trent, Central	2.8
Stoke-on-Trent, North	3.1
Stoke-on-Trent, South	3.4