HL Deb 08 September 2003 vol 652 cc71-3WA
Lord Hoyle

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many people in Warrington are drawing the retirement pension. [HL4117]

Baroness Hollis of Heigham

The total number of people in the Warrington local authority area who are in receipt of a state pension is 32,500.

Source:

Department for Work and Pensions: Information Centre (IAD).

Notes:

  1. 1. Figure is based on a 5 per cent sample from the Pensions Strategy Computer System as at 30 September 2002, and is therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation.
  2. 2. Figure has been rounded to the nearest hundred.

Lord Hoyle

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many people in Warrington qualify for the pensions income guarantee; and how many are claiming it. [HL4118]

Baroness Hollis of Heigham

Estimates of the number of people entitled to but not claiming minimum income guarantee (MIG) are not available below national level. These are contained in the publication,Income Related Benefits: Estimates of Take Up 2000–01. Copies are held in the Library.

As at February 2003, 5,100 people were claiming the MIG in the Warrington Local Authority area.

Notes:

  1. 1. Figure is based on a 5 per cent sample and is therefore subject to sampling variation.
  2. 2. Figure has been rounded to the nearest hundred.

Lord Hoyle

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many pensioners in Warrington, aged 75 or over, are receiving a free television licence. [HL4119]

Baroness Hollis of Heigham

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is set out below.

The number of people aged 75 and over receiving social security benefit in the Warrington local authority area at November 2002 was 12,500. These people would be eligible to receive a free TV licence.

Notes:

  1. 1. This figure is based on 5 per cent data taken from the client group analysis of the population over state pension age as at 30 November 2002, and is therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation.
  2. 2. Benefits are attendance allowance, disability living allowance, severe disablement allowance, incapacity benefit, minimum income guarantee and state pension.
  3. 3. Figure has been rounded to the nearest hundred.
  4. 4. As only one TV licence is required per household, the number of free TV licences issued may be lower than the number of people entitled to one. Some households may contain more than one person aged 75 and over and not all households with a person aged 75 will have a television.

Lord Hoyle

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many pensioners in Warrington draw the winter fuel allowance. [HL4120]

Baroness Hollis of Heigham

Most people aged 60 and over who normally live in Great Britain are entitled to a winter fuel payment, regardless of whether they are receiving a state pension. Some 35,600 people in the Warrington local authority area received a winter fuel payment last winter.

Source: Department for Work and Pensions: Information Centre (IAD)

Notes:

  1. 1. Figures are taken from the Matching Intelligence Data Analysis Service Winter Fuel Payment 2002–03 exercise. 100 per cent sample.
  2. 2. Figure has been rounded to the nearest 5.

Lord Hoyle

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the estimated take up in Warrington of pensioners credit; and how many pensioners have in fact applied for it. [HL4122]

Baroness Hollis of Heigham

We estimate that around half of all pensioner households across Great Britain will be eligible for pension credit. Estimates of the level of entitlement, and the number of applications, are not available at the level of individual towns, local authorities or parliamentary constituencies. A quarterly report on progress on the take-up of pension credit at the national level was published on 14 July and a copy has been placed in the Library. A further quarterly report will be published in October. Further monthly progress reports, including regional breakdowns of the number of awards, will be published from November onwards.