The answer is set out in the following table.
Ward name Number of household recipients May 2006 Annual pension credit expenditure 2005-06 (£ million) Bretton North 410 1.0 Bretton South 110 0.3 Central 525 1.8 Dogsthorpe 620 1.6 East 570 1.6 North 440 1.1 Park 375 0.9 Paston 380 1.0 Ravensthorpe 320 0.9 Walton 230 0.5 Werrington North 260 0.7 Werrington South 265 0.5 West 285 0.6 Peterborough parliamentary constituency total 4,770 12.4 Notes: 1. Expenditure figures are consistent with the pre-Budget report 2006 and are rounded to the nearest 100,000. 2. The number of households in receipt are rounded to a multiple of five. 3. As a result of 1. and 2. ward totals may not sum to area totals. 4. Caseloads and average weekly amounts for May 2006 have been used to calculate the annual expenditure figures for each ward in Peterborough parliamentary constituency. 5. Household recipients are those people who claim pension credit either for themselves only or on behalf of a household. 6. Wards are based on 2003 ward boundaries. Source: DWP Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100 per cent. data
As at August 2006 2,460 households in the St. Albans constituency were receiving pension credit.
Notes:
1. The figure provided is an early estimate. The preferred data source for figures supplied by DWP is the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS). However, the figure provided is the latest available figure which is taken from the GMS scan at 1 September 2006. These are adjusted using the historical relationship between WPLS and GMS data to give an estimate of the final WPLS figure.
2. Caseloads are rounded to the nearest ten.
3. Parliamentary constituencies are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant postcode directory and are therefore based on the 2005 parliamentary boundaries.
4. Households are those people who claim pension credit either for themselves only or on behalf of a household.
Source:
DWP 100 per cent data from the Generalised Matching Service (GMS). Pension credit scan taken as at 1 September 2006.
The information is not available.
As at August 2006 the number of households in receipt of pension credit for (a)Bexley local authority was 7,350 and (b) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency was 2,810.
Notes:
1. The figure provided is an early estimate. The preferred data source for figures supplied by DWP is the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS). However, the figure provided is the latest available figure which is taken from the GMS scan at 1 September 2006. These are adjusted using the historical relationship between WPLS and GMS data to give an estimate of the final WPLS figure.
2. Caseloads are rounded to the nearest ten.
3. Parliamentary constituencies and local authority areas are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant postcode directory. Constituencies are therefore based on the 2005 parliamentary boundaries.
4. Households are those people who claim pension credit either for themselves only or on behalf of a household.
Source:
DWP 100 per cent data from the Generalised Matching Service (GMS). Pension credit scan taken as at 1 September 2006.
As at August 2006, 4,160 households in the Chorley constituency were receiving pension credit.
Notes:
1. The figure provided is an early estimate. The preferred data source for figures supplied by DWP is the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS). However, the figure provided is the latest available figure which is taken from the GMS scan at 1 September 2006. These are adjusted using the historical relationship between WPLS and GMS data to give an estimate of the final WPLS figure.
2. Caseloads are rounded to the nearest 10.
3. Parliamentary constituencies are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant postcode directory and are therefore based on the 2005 parliamentary boundaries.
4. Households are those people who claim pension credit either for themselves only or on behalf of a household.
Source:
DWP 100 per cent. data from the generalised matching service (GMS) pension credit scan taken as at 1 September 2006.