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<p>Information on the number of Pension Credit claimants in each parliamentary constituency
as of February 2020 is published and available at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk"
target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>.</p><p /><p>The information requested
on the proportion of pensioners eligible to Pension Credit who are in receipt of the
benefit is only available at the Great Britain level. The latest data for 2017/18
is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2017-to-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>The DWP publishes annual take-up statistics for income-related benefits, including
Pension Credit. These are estimates based on data collected through the Family Resource
Survey as well as DWP administrative data. However, the sample sizes available from
the survey data are not large enough to enable reliable take-up statistics to be produced
at sub-national level e.g. for parliamentary constituencies.</p><p> </p><p>We do not
hold the information requested on the number and proportion of claims made by eligible
pensioners for pension credit in each parliamentary constituency.</p>
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