Pension Credit (Hansard, 20 November 2003)

§ Mr. Laws
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are aged 60 and over in each parliamentary constituency in England, according to 2001 Census data; and how many are claiming Pension Credit. [139811]
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§ Malcolm Wicks
Information on the number of people aged 60 and over from the 2001 Census, and the number of pensioner households and individuals receiving Pension Credit as at 17 October, 2003 by English parliamentary constituencies has been placed in the Library.
Source:
IAD In ONS Census data 2001.
Information Centre, 100 per cent. sample.
Notes:
1. Population figures have been obtained from the Office for National Statistics.
2. Pension Credit figures have been rounded to the nearest five.
3. Pension Credit figures are based on 100 per cent. Generalised Matching Service (CMS) data.
4. Parliamentary constituencies are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory.

§ Annabelle Ewing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his answer of 17 November,Official Report, columns 481–2, how many pensioners in Perth were claiming pension credit on the latest date for which figures are available. [140126]

§ Malcolm Wicks
As at 17 October, 2003 the number of pensioner households receiving Pension Credit in Perth constituency was 2,530.
Source:
IAD Information Centre, 100 per cent sample
Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest five.
2. Figures are based on 100 per cent Generalised Matching Service (CMS) data.
3. Parliamentary constituencies are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory.

§ Mrs. Liddell
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the take-up of pension credit in the Airdrie and Shotts constituency. [140368]

§ Malcolm Wicks
As at 17 October, 2003 the number of pensioner households receiving Pension Credit in Airdrie and Shotts constituency was 3,665.
1.97 million households in Great Britain (around 2.3 million individuals) are already receiving Pension Credit with 1.2 million households, (around 1.4 million individuals receiving more money than they did before. The average award is £47.10 per week.
Source:
IAD Information Centre, 100 per cent sample
Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest five.
2. Figures are based on 100 per cent Generalised Matching Service (CMS) data.
3. Parliamentary constituencies are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory.