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State Retirement Pensions: Birmingham and Solihull

Answer

The number of pensioners in receipt of the State Pension in each (a) local authority and (b) parliamentary constituency in (i) Birmingham and (ii) Solihull are provided in the following tables. These figures are for the quarter ending August 2024 and are available at DWP Stat-Xplore.

(a) (i) - Birmingham

Local Authority Ward	State Pension Caseload
Acocks Green	2,848
Allens Cross	1,590
Alum Rock	1,809
Aston	1,890
Balsall Heath West	1,083
Bartley Green	3,565
Billesley	3,045
Birchfield	1,027
Bordesley and Highgate	671
Bordesley Green	875
Bournbrook and Selly Park	1,251
Bournville and Cotteridge	3,502
Brandwood and King's Heath	2,850
Bromford and Hodge Hill	2,462
Castle Vale	1,449
Druids Heath and Monyhull	1,661
Edgbaston	2,509
Erdington	3,155
Frankley Great Park	1,825
Garretts Green	1,208
Glebe Farm and Tile Cross	2,689
Gravelly Hill	1,052
Hall Green North	2,806
Hall Green South	1,830
Handsworth	1,081
Handsworth Wood	2,716
Harborne	3,363
Heartlands	888
Highter's Heath	1,663
Holyhead	956
King's Norton North	2,110
King's Norton South	1,609
Kingstanding	2,714
Ladywood	1,227
Longbridge and West Heath	3,498
Lozells	703
Moseley	3,189
Nechells	857
Newtown	755
North Edgbaston	2,030
Northfield	1,970
Oscott	2,948
Perry Barr	2,948
Perry Common	1,714
Pype Hayes	1,546
Quinton	3,392
Rubery and Rednal	1,878
Shard End	1,729
Sheldon	3,353
Small Heath	1,673
Soho and Jewellery Quarter	1,574
South Yardley	1,393
Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East	1,929
Sparkhill	1,783
Stirchley	1,271
Stockland Green	2,553
Sutton Four Oaks	2,336
Sutton Mere Green	2,303
Sutton Reddicap	1,743
Sutton Roughley	2,354
Sutton Trinity	1,982
Sutton Vesey	4,317
Sutton Walmley and Minworth	3,881
Sutton Wylde Green	2,441
Tyseley and Hay Mills	1,070
Ward End	964
Weoley and Selly Oak	3,202
Yardley East	1,751
Yardley West and Stechford	1,290

(a) (ii) - Solihull

Local Authority Ward	State Pension Caseload
Bickenhill	2,540
Blythe	2,761
Castle Bromwich	2,725
Chelmsley Wood	1,988
Dorridge and Hockley Heath	2,692
Elmdon	2,464
Kingshurst and Fordbridge	1,784
Knowle	3,167
Lyndon	2,434
Meriden	3,121
Olton	2,772
Shirley East	2,371
Shirley South	2,859
Shirley West	2,687
Silhill	2,789
Smith's Wood	1,868
St Alphege	3,214

(b) (i) - Birmingham

Parliamentary Constituency	State Pension Caseload
Birmingham Edgbaston	14,853
Birmingham Erdington	16,063
Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley	13,148
Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	14,525
Birmingham Ladywood	8,847
Birmingham Northfield	16,997
Birmingham Perry Barr	12,384
Birmingham Selly Oak	14,322
Birmingham Yardley	13,381
Sutton Coldfield	21,356

(b) (ii) - Solihull

Parliamentary Constituency	State Pension Caseload
Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	14,525
Meriden and Solihull East	20,545
Solihull West and Shirley	19,100

In 2025/26, it is estimated the total State Pension expenditure will increase by around £9bn (in nominal terms). This estimation is available in the latest Benefit Expenditure and Caseload tables published at Autumn Budget 2024. Source: Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2024 - GOV.UK

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

34780

Session

2024-26

Subjects

Costs Birmingham Pensioners State retirement pensions Solihull

Contains statistics

Yes

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