HC Deb 07 January 2004 vol 416 cc384-5W
Mr. Willetts

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have called the Pension Credit Helpline more than once since April, broken down by number of people making each number of calls. [146043]

Malcolm Wicks

The information is not currently available in the form requested.

Mr. Willetts

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many individuals received savings credit in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by declared savings of(a) less than £6,000, (b) between £6,000 and £10,000, (c) between £10,001 and £15,000, (d) between £15,001 to £30,000 and (e) over £30,000. [146052]

Malcolm Wicks

The information is not currently available in the form requested.

Mr. Willetts

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households have received savings credit awards since 6 October, broken down by awards of(a) less than £5 a week, (b) between £5 and £10 a week, (c) between £10 and £15 a week and (d) over £15 a week. [146084]

Malcolm Wicks

Up to 30 November 2003 there were 193,000 awards of pension credit where the savings credit only is payable. Of these,(a) 41,000 were of less than £5.00 per week, (b) 59,000 were of between £5.00 and £10.00 per week and (c) 92,000 were of over £10.00 per week. In addition, there were 83,000 awards where both savings credit and guarantee credit are payable.

Notes:

  1. Figures are currently available only for the three bands to which the reply refers.
  2. Figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand.
  3. Figures might not sum due to rounding.
  4. A monetary breakdown for households receiving both savings credit and guarantee credit will not be available until the November 2003 Quarterly Statistical Enquiry is published on 17 March 2004.