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.
Answered on
16 March 2023
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 |
East Dunbartonshire | 1123 |
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | 2194 |
East Lothian | 1936 |
East Renfrewshire | 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 |