Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 10 February 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners have received pension credit in North Durham since its inception.
Approximately 5,800 households in the constituency of Durham North, comprising approximately 7,100 individuals, have received pension credit since it was introduced in October 2003.
Notes:
1.Data has been taken as at November 2003, February 2004, May 2004 and August 2004.
2.The total number of pension credit claimants has been derived by summing customers who existed on at least one of the quarterly data extracts referred to in note 1.
3.Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred.
4.Figures are based on a 5 per cent. sample and are subject to a degree of sampling variation.
5.Parliamentary constituencies are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory.
6.Pension credit replaced the minimum income guarantee from
7.Individual recipients may include a small number of partners under the age of 60.
Source: IAD Information Centre, Department for Work and Pensions, five per cent. sample.
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