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Pension Credit

Volume 454: debated on Wednesday 13 December 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) single pensioners and (b) pensioner couples received (i) pension credit in 2006-07 and (ii) income support in 1997-98 in each ward in the London boroughs of Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea; and what the average payment was in each case. (107119)

The number of single pensioners and pensioner couples receiving pension credit in 2006-07 for each ward in the London boroughs of Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea is in Tables 1 and 2. The earliest year for which we are able to provide information on the number of single pensioners and pensioner couples by ward is 1999. This information for the minimum income guarantee, which replaced income support for pensioners in May 1999 is provided in Tables 3 and 4. Table 5 contains the total numberof single pensioners and pensioner couples in receipt of income support in the London boroughs of Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea in 1997-8.

Table 1: Pensioner couples and single pensioners in receipt of pension credit and average weekly payments of benefit for wards in Westminster, May 2006.

Number

Average weekly payments (£)

Ward name

Pensioner couples

Single pensioners

Pensioner couples

Single pensioners

Abbey Road

45

265

119.93

69.74

Bayswater

50

260

114.18

74.38

Bryanston and Dorset Square

30

215

98.28

78.17

Churchill

75

365

87.39

62.18

Church Street

175

675

100.85

73.77

Harrow Road

95

535

107.37

66.75

Hyde Park

45

280

131.93

82.08

Knightsbridge and Belgravia

35

77.00

Lancaster Gate

40

325

122.98

76.30

Little Venice

60

285

99.17

79.63

Maida Vale

65

325

85.35

65.67

Marylebone High Street

35

200

83.66

62.47

Queen's Park

175

545

100.20

66.04

Regent's Park

70

505

120.24

75.79

St. James's

20

325

97.39

60.16

Tachbrook

45

365

74.11

57.34

Vincent Square

40

335

80.66

66.31

Warwick

40

270

87.26

70.36

Westbourne

115

595

99.71

68.01

West End

30

250

77.11

72.90

Westminster local authority total

1,260

6,960

100.10

69.90

Table 2: Pensioner couples and single pensioners in receipt of pension credit and average weekly payments of benefit for wards in Kensington and Chelsea, May 2006.

Number

Average weekly payments (£)

Ward name

Pensioner couples

Single pensioners

Pensioner couples

Single pensioners

Abingdon

30

190

111.34

74.60

Brompton

150

72.66

Campden

15

125

134.22

71.56

Colville

45

395

86.38

69.81

Courtfield

150

67.27

Cremorne

75

440

93.15

66.71

Earl's Court

30

350

112.27

74.62

Golborne

120

505

86.30

68.52

Hans Town

30

205

83.80

64.17

Holland

25

155

128.76

79.73

Norland

60

400

85.26

69.05

Notting Barns

125

465

91.98

70.29

Pembridge

20

195

114.57

69.42

Queen's Gate

15

100

130.39

78.93

Redcliffe

30

220

94.21

68.73

Royal Hospital

20

250

86.95

50.94

St. Charles

85

510

98.35

61.90

Stanley

20

205

92.38

60.48

Kensington and Chelsea

Local authority total

770

5,010

95.84

67.96

Table 3: Pensioner couples and single pensioners in receipt of minimum income guarantee and average weekly payments of benefit for wards in Westminster, August 1999.

Number

Average weekly payments (£)

Ward name

Pensioner couples

Single pensioners

Pensioner couples

Single pensioners

Abbey Road

20

180

74.64

53.46

Bayswater

25

225

98.31

58.16

Bryanston and Dorset

20

145

68.39

61.70

Square

Churchill

40

260

84.64

41.09

Church Street

105

460

84.50

46.56

Harrow Road

60

380

89.83

48.77

Hyde Park

25

165

106.07

58.43

Knightsbridge and Belgravia

5

30

105.03

62.04

Lancaster Gate

30

225

83.58

54.16

Little Venice

35

195

94.37

55.31

Maida Vale

50

210

79.70

43.20

Marylebone High Street

20

150

80.66

48.12

Queen's Park

115

340

84.96

45.29

Regent's Park

45

355

104.91

50.82

St. James's

20

185

81.13

48.03

Tachbrook

20

245

58.09

41.49

Vincent Square

20

220

85.30

54.84

Warwick

30

180

72.59

44.43

Westbourne

70

395

78.94

60.02

West End

20

170

81.39

48.75

Westminster local authority total

780

4710

84.95

50.39

Table 4: Pensioner couples and single pensioners in receipt of minimum income guarantee and average weekly payments of benefit for wards in Kensington and Chelsea, August 1999.

Number

Average weekly payments (£)

Ward name

Pensioner couples

Single pensioners

Pensioner couples

Single pensioners

Abingdon

15

100

118.88

52.15

Brompton

10

95

77.80

50.47

Campden

10

75

93.18

60.67

Colville

40

285

62.84

50.64

Courtfield

5

90

34.48

54.64

Cremorne

45

280

69.23

42.30

Earl's Court

20

225

89.91

56.72

Golborne

70

325

69.85

50.98

Hans Town

20

135

81.03

40.96

Holland

20

95

100.35

64.89

Norland

30

250

69.33

45.98

Netting Barns

80

290

78.32

45.25

Pembridge

10

145

100.31

58.27

Queen's Gate

10

85

133.35

98.39

Redcliffe

10

145

126.88

48.97

Royal Hospital

5

135

67.02

52.73

St. Charles

50

325

69.40

48.23

Stanley

10

120

76.61

47.67

Kensington and Chelsea local authority total

460

3200

78.28

51.17

Notes: 1. Caseloads are rounded to a multiple of five, average weekly payments to the nearest penny, therefore ward totals will not always sum to area totals. 2. Some figures in the London borough of Westminster have been suppressed due to there being less than 10 claimants within those wards. Suppressed figures marked‘—’. 3. Wards are based on 2003 ward boundaries. Source: DWP: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100 per cent data.

Table 5: Pensioner couples and single pensioners in receipt of income support and average weekly payments of benefit for the London boroughs of Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea, August 1997

Number (Thousand)

Average weekly payments (£)

London borough

Pensioner couples

Single pensioners

Pensioner couples

Single pensioners

Westminster

1.0

5.3

80.17

46.14

Kensington and Chelsea

0.4*

3.5

58.77

48.14

Notes:

1. Figures relate to claimants aged 60 and over. 2. Figures are subject to a high degree of sampling error and should only be used as a guide. Particular care should be taken with those numbers marked *. 3. Figures have been derived by applying five per cent proportions to 100 per cent. WPLS totals. 4. Caseloads are rounded to the nearest hundred and displayed in thousands. 5. Average weekly payments are rounded to the nearest penny. Source:DWP Information Directorate five per cent, sample August 1997