Pensions: Edinburgh 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. 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.| | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------