Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 16 March 2023.
Amy Callaghan
Scottish National Party, East Dunbartonshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he provide data on the take up of Pension Credit by Constituency in Scotland as of 8 March 2023.
Laura Trott
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Take-up statistics for Pension Credit are available at Great Britain level only. The most recent take-up statistics are publicly available in the “Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up” publication which can be found on the statistics section of gov.uk. The latest publication relates to the financial year 2019 to 2020.
Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year 2019 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The most recent caseload statistics for Pension Credit refer to August 2022, and are publicly available via DWP Stat-xplore. The table below shows the Pension Credit caseload statistics by Constituency in Scotland in August 2022.
Aberdeen North | 1766 |
Aberdeen South | 1143 |
Airdrie and Shotts | 2662 |
Angus | 2043 |
Argyll and Bute | 2290 |
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | 2690 |
Banff and Buchan | 1822 |
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | 2123 |
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | 1744 |
Central Ayrshire | 2714 |
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | 2886 |
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | 2102 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 2877 |
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | 2201 |
Dundee East | 1962 |
Dundee West | 2414 |
Dunfermline and West Fife | 1529 |
1123 | |
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | 2194 |
East Lothian | 1936 |
1479 | |
Edinburgh East | 2041 |
Edinburgh North and Leith | 1618 |
Edinburgh South | 1262 |
Edinburgh West | 1251 |
Edinburgh South West | 1457 |
Falkirk | 2491 |
Glasgow Central | 3089 |
Glasgow East | 3939 |
Glasgow North | 1878 |
Glasgow North East | 3736 |
Glasgow North West | 2829 |
Glasgow South West | 3337 |
Glasgow South | 2632 |
Glenrothes | 2218 |
Gordon | 1114 |
Inverclyde | 2603 |
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | 1941 |
Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 2670 |
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | 2300 |
Lanark and Hamilton East | 2825 |
Livingston | 2331 |
Linlithgow and East Falkirk | 2412 |
Midlothian | 1693 |
Moray | 1895 |
Motherwell and Wishaw | 2928 |
Na h-Eileanan an Iar | 1043 |
North Ayrshire and Arran | 2943 |
North East Fife | 1338 |
Ochil and South Perthshire | 1954 |
Orkney and Shetland | 810 |
Paisley and Renfrewshire North | 2006 |
Paisley and Renfrewshire South | 2357 |
Perth and North Perthshire | 2058 |
Ross, Skye and Lochaber | 1628 |
Rutherglen and Hamilton West | 3205 |
Stirling | 1685 |
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | 996 |
West Dunbartonshire | 2858 |
Total | 127080 |
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