HC Deb 19 April 2004 vol 420 c6W
Chris Ruane

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners he estimates have failed to claim their Pension Credit in each constituency in North Wales. [164854]

Malcolm Wicks

The information is not available in the form requested. However, as at 29 February, there were approximately 133,000 households (approximately 162,000 individuals) in Wales receiving Pension Credit. As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced on 15 March 2004,Official Report, columns 4–5, we have published the latest monthly Pension Credit progress report with information up to the end of February.

The report, copies of which are available in the Library, is accompanied by tables showing the number of Pension Credit households and corresponding individuals in each constituency in Great Britain.