To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners living in the Carlisle City Council area are in receipt of council tax benefit. (131347)

As at August 2006, there were 4,310 council tax benefit recipients aged 60 and over in Carlisle local authority.

Notes:

1. The data refer to benefit units, which may be a single person or a couple.

2. The case load figure is rounded to the nearest 10.

3. Figures exclude any second adult rebate cases.

4. ‘Aged 60 and over’ is defined as benefit units where the claimant and/or partner are aged 60 and over. Therefore figures will contain some claimants aged under 60 where there is a partner aged over 60 years.

Source:

Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System Quarterly 100 per cent. case load stock-count taken in August 2006.