The information is in the following tables.
State pension applications State pension changes Pension credit applications Pension credit changes April 2005 3.9 18.1 2.9 22.2 May 2005 4.2 15.2 2.9 22.7 June 2005 4.4 18.3 2.9 24.7 July 2005 4.6 19.3 2.7 20.5 August 2005 3.7 14.0 3.1 23.8 September 2005 3.6 14.3 3.3 27.1 October 2005 3.1 12.4 2.8 25.8 November 2005 3.6 14.1 2.8 25.0 December 2005 3.2 13.2 2.4 18.2 January 2006 3.2 19.7 2.4 30.8 February 2006 4.2 19.1 3.0 34.6 March 2006 4.3 19.1 3.1 42.3
State pension applications State pension changes Pension credit applications Pension credit changes April 2006 3.7 14.9 2.4 20.8 May 2006 5.1 20.0 2.7 22.4 June 2006 5.9 17.2 3.3 26.1 July 2006 4.0 15.4 2.9 23.0 August 2006 6.3 16.7 3.4 21.9 September 2006 5.3 15.5 2.5 21.2 October 2006 4.4 19.8 2.5 24.4 November 2006 4.4 17.9 2.7 23.7 December 2006 3.7 16.8 2.4 16.8 January 2007 7.8 19.2 2.7 28.6 February 2007 6.2 21.0 2.4 35.3 March 2007 5.4 19.4 2.3 36.9
State Pension Applications State Pension Changes Pension Credit Applications Pension Credit Changes April 2007 4.7 18.3 2.9 23.2 May 2007 5.7 21.9 2.7 22.5 June 2007 6.3 18.1 2.4 20.9 July 2007 7.2 23.0 2.4 24.0 August 2007 6.2 22.7 2.6 24.3 September 2007 6.2 19.1 2.4 23.2 October 2007 7.8 25.5 2.5 25.4 November 2007 6.8 18.2 2.8 26.0 December 2007 4.0 11.1 1.6 21.6 January 2008 6.7 20.1 2.9 41.2 February 2008 5.8 21.5 2.5 43.8 March 2008 5.6 18.8 2.2 30.3 Notes: 1. Figures shown are in thousands. 2. All figures are rounded to the nearest 100. 3. The Pension Service operate a virtual network of Centres and work is moved between operational units to support transformation. Source: Management Information Systems Programme up to March 2008