Written question asked by Margaret Moran (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 June 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 June 2006. It was answered by James Purnell (Labour) on Thursday, 29 June 2006 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Pension Credit, Luton

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many residents of Luton South receive pension credit, broken down by ward.

Answer

The information is in the following table.

Pension credit individual beneficiaries for wards in Luton South parliamentary constituency, November 2005
Ward name¹	Individual beneficiaries²
Barnfield³	170
Biscot	950
Crawley	285
Dallow	885
Parley	830
High Town	350
Round Green	540
South	630
Stopsley	305
Wigmore	360
Caddington, Hyde and Slip End	305
Luton South constituency total	5,420
¹ Wards are based on 2003 ward boundaries. ² The number of individual beneficiaries includes both claimants and their partners. ³ Only part of Barnfield ward falls within Luton South parliamentary constituency. Note: Number of individual beneficiaries are rounded to a multiple of five, therefore ward totals do not always sum to area totals. Source: DWP Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS) 100 per cent. data.

Secondary information