HC Deb 19 April 2004 vol 420 cc296-7W
Mr. Peter Duncan

TO ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people resident in Dumfries and Galloway are in receipt of a free television licence; [165980]

(2) how many residents of Dumfries and Galloway he estimates are over 75 years old. [165981]

Malcolm Wicks

The information is not available in the format requested.

The number of households with at least one resident aged 75 or over in the Dumfries and Galloway local authority is 9,665. These households would therefore be eligible to receive a free TV licence.

We cannot accurately estimate how many residents of Dumfries and Galloway are over 75 year old. However, since the number of people in Dumfries and Galloway local authority aged 75 or over who received a winter fuel payment for winter 2002–2003 was 12,175, this is an indication of the number of such people.

Notes:

  1. 1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5.
  2. 2. Any residence found to have 4 or more occupants is not included in these figures as it is assumed to be Residential Care Nursing Home.

Source:

IAD Information center, Winter Fuel Payment data Winter 2002–2003, 100 per cent. sample.