Social Security Benefits
(asked on 20th January 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of (a) pension credit, (b) winter fuel allowance and (c) Christmas Bonus there were in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland.
Latest available statistics for Pension Credit recipients in Great Britain are published on the Department’s website at:
http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/pc/tabtool_pc.html
Guidance for users is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance
Latest available statistics for Winter Fuel Payments in Great Britain are published on the Department’s website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/winter-fuel-payments-caseload-and-household-figures
Available statistics for Christmas bonus payments are in the table
Recipients of Christmas Bonus(*) by Geographical Area (Thousands)
All (GB and Overseas) | Airdrie and Shotts | North Lanarkshire | England | Scotland | Wales | |
2013/14 | 15,468 | 22 | 84 | 12,777 | 1,351 | 858 |
2012/13 | 15,586 | 22 | 85 | 12,873 | 1,370 | 870 |
2011/12 | 15,547 | 23 | 86 | 12,841 | 1,374 | 876 |
2010/11 | 15,466 | 23 | 86 | 12,773 | 1,373 | 878 |
2009/10 | 15,370 | 23 | 87 | 12,693 | 1,374 | 878 |
(*) To get a Christmas Bonus a person must be present or ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Gibraltar, any European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland during the qualifying week.
Responsibility for these benefits in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive Minister for Social Development.