Pensioners: Woking

Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 27 April 2017.

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Photo of Jonathan Lord Jonathan Lord Conservative, Woking

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Woking constituency (a) receive the basic state pension, (b) receive pension credit and (c) are eligible for pension credit but do not claim it.

Photo of Richard Harrington Richard Harrington The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Statistics on the number of pensioners receiving the basic state pension in the Parliamentary constituency of Woking is published and can be obtained from:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk

Guidance for users is available at:

https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html

Statistics on the number of pensioners receiving pension credit in the Parliamentary constituency of Woking is published and can be obtained from:

https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp

Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:

https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp

Information on the number of pensioners in the Parliamentary constituency of Woking who are eligible for Pension Credit, but do not claim it, is not available.

Statistics, at Great Britain level, on the take-up of income related benefits (including Pension Credit) are published and available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up--2

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