Pensioner Households (Bristol, East)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioner households in Bristol, East constituency are receiving (a) pension credit and (b) pension savings credit; and what the(i) highest and (ii) average amount awarded is. (104267)

The requested information is below.

*Table 1: The number of households in receipt of Pension Credit by type in Bristol, East and the average weekly payments—May 2006*
Type of pension credit	Number of household recipients	Average weekly payments (£)
Guarantee credit only	1,550	80.74
Savings credit only	1,020	12.05
Guarantee credit and savings credit	2,350	46.16
All	4,920	49.96
Notes: 1. The pension credit is made up of two elements, guarantee credit and savings credit. An individual can receive one or both guarantee credit and savings credit. 2. Caseloads are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals may not sum due to rounding. 3. Parliamentary constituencies are assigned by matching postcodes against the 2005 postcode directory. 4. Household recipients are those people who claim pension credit either for themselves only or on behalf of a household. 5. Average weekly payments are shown as pounds per week and rounded to the nearest penny. Source: DWP 100 per cent. data: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study

*Table 2: The highest award amounts for pension credit in Bristol, East—May 2006*
Type of pension credit	£
Guarantee credit	174.05
Savings credit	23.58
Source: DWP Information Directorate: five per cent. sample data

Volume 454: debated on Monday 11 December 2006