Written questions

Pension Credit: Scotland

Commons · Question 25874 · Tabled 22 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 30 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Tracy Gilbert

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were claiming Pension Credit in (a) Edinburgh North and Leith constituency and (b) Scotland on 31 December 2024.

Answer

Answered by Torsten Bell, 30 Jan 2025

In Winter 2023 to 2024, there were 10,051 pensioner households living in the Edinburgh North and Leith constituency and 751,246 pensioner households living in Scotland. This is based on winter-fuel-payments-household-2023-to-2024.ods. At that point in tim...