Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are receiving the state pension in the UK.

Statistics on State Pension recipients are published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-benefits-statistical-summaries-2018

With further detail given in the supporting data tables and also on Stat-Xplore here: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/

The latest figures for August 2017 show 11.7 million people were receiving the UK State Pension in Great Britain.

UK State Pensions in Northern Ireland are administered by the Department for Communities. Benefit statistics for Northern Ireland can be accessed at: https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/benefits-statistics