The information requested is in the following tables:
Local authority May 2008 May 2009 Barking and Dagenham 10,220 10,190 Barnet 13,700 13,780 Bexley 8,730 8,820 Brent 14,950 15,190 Bromley 10,620 10,770 Camden 10,180 10,280 City of London 190 200 Croydon 13,450 13,580 Ealing 14,760 14,880 Enfield 14,590 14,640 Greenwich 10,970 11,060 Hackney 12,490 12,580 Hammersmith and Fulham 7,490 7,610 Haringey 12,180 12,340 Harrow 10,190 10,350 Havering 11,460 11,380 Hillingdon 9,740 9,860 Hounslow 9,960 10,090 Islington 11,040 11,160 Kensington and Chelsea 6,720 6,830 Kingston upon Thames 4,670 4,760 Lambeth 12,830 12,930 Lewisham 11,910 11,900 Merton 6,920 6,930 Newham 15,030 15,160 Redbridge 12,070 12,140 Richmond upon Thames 5,080 5,070 Southwark 13,090 13,130 Sutton 6,720 6,760 Tower Hamlets 13,620 13,520 Waltham Forest 11,860 11,820 Wandsworth 11,300 11,300 Westminster 9,460 9,600 Total 348,190 350,610 Notes: 1. The number of beneficiaries in receipt is rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Beneficiaries—pension credit is claimed on a household basis and therefore the number of people that pension credit helps (the beneficiaries) is the number of claimants in addition to the number of partners for whom they are also claiming. 3. Parliamentary constituencies and local authorities are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory. Source: DWP Information Directorate Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study
Local authority Number Barking and Dagenham 24,160 Barnet 56,850 Bexley 46,720 Brent 38,820 Bromley 66,130 Camden 26,950 City of London 1,240 Croydon 56,680 Ealing 44,610 Enfield 47,590 Greenwich 32,810 Harrow 40,020 Hackney 21,720 Hammersmith and Fulham 20,480 Haringey 28,350 Havering 52,030 Hillingdon 43,860 Hounslow 33,200 Islington 22,640 Kensington and Chelsea 20,580 Kingston upon Thames 25,430 Lambeth 29,970 Lewisham 33,250 Merton 29,000 Newham 25,630 Redbridge 41,080 Richmond upon Thames 31,810 Southwark 28,460 Sutton 34,490 Tower Hamlets 20,220 Wandsworth 33,860 Waltham Forest 31,810 Westminster 27,180 Total 1,117,620 Notes: 1. Figures rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Parliamentary constituencies and local authorities are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory. Source: DWP Information Directorate 100 per cent. data.