Written question asked by Baroness Keeley (Labour) on Wednesday, 30 June 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 July 2010. It was answered by Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 7 July 2010 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Pensioners: Worsley

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners receive (a) the basic state pension and (b) pension credit in Worsley and Eccles South constituency.

Answer

The information available is in the table.

Parliamentary constituency	State pension recipients	Pension credit individual beneficiaries	Pension credit household recipients
Worsley and Eccles South	17,630	6,590	5,380
Notes:
1. Caseload figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
2. State pension figures are for the total state pension caseload. Around 1% of state pension recipients are not in receipt of the basic state pension, but are receiving additional state pension only or graduated retirement benefit only.
3. Basic state pension only figures are not available by current 2010 parliamentary constituencies.
4. Pension credit household recipients are those people who claim pension credit either for themselves or on behalf of themselves and a partner. Individual beneficiaries are the number of claimants in addition to the number of partners for whom they are claiming.
5. Parliamentary constituencies are for the Westminster Parliament of May 2010.
Source:
DWP Information Directorate Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100% data as at November 2009

Secondary information