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Take-up Rates: Scotland

Volume 455: debated on Tuesday 9 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the take-up rate is for (a) pension credit, (b) basic state pension, (c) winter fuel payment, (d) housing benefit and (e) council tax benefit in (i) the Highland Council area, (ii) Scotland, (iii) the UK and (iv) Glasgow. (113402)

Take-up estimates are available for Great Britain only.

Estimates of take-up of pension credit administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), as well as local authority administered housing benefit and council tax benefit, can be found in the DWP publication series entitled: “Income Related Benefits Estimates of Take-Up”. Latest estimates relate to the year 2004-05. Copies of the latest publication are available in the Library.

Take-up of the basic state pension cannot be calculated accurately. However, the pensioners’ income series indicates that 98 per cent. of pensioner benefit units were in receipt of some state pension in 2004-05. Those not in receipt may include pensioners who are deferring their state pension and those who have mis-reported the source of their income.

Information on the take-up of winter fuel payment is not available.