Written question asked by Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 10 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 April 2005. It was answered by Malcolm Wicks (Labour) on Monday, 4 April 2005 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Dept for Work and Pensions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) individuals and (b) households are in receipt of (i) guarantee credit only, (ii) savings credit only and (iii) both guarantee and savings credit.

Answer: Mr. Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) individuals and (b) households are in receipt of (i) guarantee credit only, (ii) savings credit only and (iii) both guarantee and savings credit. [221517] Malcolm Wicks: The information is given in the following table. Recipients of pension credit by type, Great Britain, 31 December 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Households Individuals All 2,653,175 3,222,700 Guarantee element only 767,985 948,070 Guarantee element and savings element 1,312,945 1,513,045 combined Savings element only 572,245 761,580 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Figures are based on 100 per cent. Generalised Matching Service (GMS) data. Data taken as at 10 December 2004 have been rated up to give month end figures. 2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 5. 3. Individual recipients may include a small number of partners under the age of 60. Source: Information Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions, 100 per cent. sample.

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