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Pension Credit

Volume 455: debated on Wednesday 24 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in each local authority ward in Peterborough constituency receive pension credit; and what the total cost was of these payments in the latest period for which figures are available. (114853)

The answer is set out in the following table.

Household recipients of pension credit and the cost of pension credit expenditure for wards in Peterborough parliamentary constituency May 2006

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in St. Albans constituency are claiming pension credit. (116362)

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.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many applications for pension credit in the London borough of Bexley were (a) granted and (b) refused in each of the last three years for which figures are available. (117286)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) the London borough of Bexley and (b) Bexleyheath and Crayford are in receipt of pension credit. (117287)

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.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people claim pension credit in Chorley constituency. (117189)

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.