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Dept for Work and Pensions

Answer

Mr. Keith Bradley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of residents in the Manchester, Withington constituency who (a) qualify for pension credit and (b) have so far applied for pension credit. [134510] Malcolm Wicks: The information is not available in the format requested. Around half of all pensioner households will be eligible for pension credit and stand to gain on average £400 a year (around £7 a week). As at May 2003, the number of minimum income guarantee recipients in Manchester Withington was around £3,200. These are the latest figures available. We intend from November to publish monthly reports on the progress of pension credit take-on, which will include information on the number of applications. Notes: 1. The MIG figure has been rounded to the nearest hundred. 2. The MIG figure is based on a 5 per cent. sample, and therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation. 3. Government office region/parliamentary constituency are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory. 4. MIG recipients are defined as income support benefit units where the claimant, and/or partner is aged 60 or over. Source: IAD Information Centre, 5 per cent. sample

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

134510; 412 c469W;412 c477W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Income support Greater Manchester Pension credit Pensioners Pensions Welfare tax credits Take-up

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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