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Pensions: Edinburgh

Volume 472: debated on Thursday 21 February 2008

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John Barrett

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were in receipt of (a) the state pension and (b) pension credit in (i) Edinburgh East, (ii) Edinburgh North and Leith, (iii) Edinburgh South, (iv) Edinburgh South West and (v) Edinburgh West parliamentary constituencies in the latest period for which figures are available. (187436)

Mr. Mike O'Brien

The information is in the following table.

Parliamentary constituency

State pension individual recipients

Pension credit household recipients

Edinburgh East

14,180

4,550

Edinburgh North and Leith

13,460

3,600

Edinburgh South

14,520

2,810

Edinburgh South West

14,510

3,330

Edinburgh West

18,770

3,360

Notes:

1. Figures are as at May 2007 and are rounded to the nearest 10.

2. Pension credit household recipients are those people who claim either for themselves only or on behalf of a household.

Source:

DWP Information Directorate: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.