Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged over 100-years old receive the state pension in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.

The table below provides a response to your question from DWP’s State Pension administrative data on the number of State Pension recipients aged over 100-years old. There are known issues with the quality of this data due to historical operational processes which mean that some cases remain on the administrative data although they are no longer in payment.

Source: DWP Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study, February 2017.

Caseload figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.

Notes:

• There are additionally 70 persons resident in Great Britain aged over 100-years old whose location is unknown.
• DWP does not administer State Pensions for Northern Ireland. The figures above relate solely to those that are administered by the DWP.
• DWP have reviewed the operational process for keeping records no longer in payment on the system and improvements are underway to close down these cases.