The information requested is in the following table.
Date Number/£ People in receipt of basic state pension March 2009 29,200 Individual beneficiaries of pension credit August 2009 8,820 Households in receipt of pension credit August 2009 7,200 Average weekly award of pension credit (£) August 2009 57.98 1 Numbers in receipt of Basic State Pension rounded to nearest 100. 2 Pension credit caseload figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 3 Household recipients are those people who claim pension credit either for themselves or on behalf of themselves and a partner. Beneficiaries are the number of claimants in addition to the number of partners for whom they are claiming. 4 Pension credit is claimed on a household basis. The average weekly award of pension credit is in relation to the household. 5 Parliamentary constituencies and local authorities are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory. Sources: Basic State Pension Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate, 5 per cent sample. The figures have been adjusted in line with the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100 per cent data. Pension Credit DWP Information Directorate Work and Pension Longitudinal study 100 per cent. date