Commons Briefing paper by Rachael Harker. It was first published on Monday, 2 March 2026. It was last updated on Wednesday, 7 October 2026.
Constituency data: Pension Credit claimants
This dashboard contains the most recent constituency estimates of Pension Credit claimants (including data for neighbourhoods within constituencies).
Time series data back to 2018 is also provided.
Pension Credit is the principal means-tested benefit received by people over State Pension age.
Explore constituency data
Use the dropdown menu below to select the constituency you’re interested in and view key statistics.
If you would like to access this information in an alternative format please email papers@parliament.uk and we will review your request.
Sources
All benefits data is sourced from DWP Stat-Xplore
Data updates
We aim to update most aspects of this dashboard quarterly, in line with data releases from the Department for Work and Pensions, however this dashboard may not always reflect the most recent data available.
MPs and their staff can contact the Commons Library with queries about updates.
Secondary information
- Type
- Research briefing
- Reference
- CBP-10528
- Category
- Data dashboards
- Subjects
- Constituencies Pension credit Recipients
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Published by
- Social and General Statistics Section
- House of Commons Library
- Link
- View this Research briefing on researchbriefings.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2026-10-07 14:38:54 +0100
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1885993
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- Internal location
- http://researchbriefingsintranet.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-10528