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<p>Take-up statistics for Pension Credit are available at Great Britain level only.
The most recent take-up statistics are publicly available in the “Income-related benefits:
estimates of take-up” publication which can be found on the statistics section of
gov.uk. The latest publication relates to the financial year 2019 to 2020.</p><p>
</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2019-to-2020"
target="_blank">Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year 2019
to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The most recent caseload statistics
for Pension Credit refer to August 2022, and are publicly available via <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/dataCatalogueExplorer.xhtml"
target="_blank">DWP Stat-xplore</a>. The table below shows the Pension Credit caseload
statistics by constituency in Scotland in August 2022.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Aberdeen
North</strong></p></td><td><p>1766</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aberdeen South</strong></p></td><td><p>1143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Airdrie
and Shotts</strong></p></td><td><p>2662</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Angus</strong></p></td><td><p>2043</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Argyll
and Bute</strong></p></td><td><p>2290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ayr, Carrick
and Cumnock</strong></p></td><td><p>2690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Banff and
Buchan</strong></p></td><td><p>1822</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Berwickshire,
Roxburgh and Selkirk</strong></p></td><td><p>2123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Caithness,
Sutherland and Easter Ross</strong></p></td><td><p>1744</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Central
Ayrshire</strong></p></td><td><p>2714</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Coatbridge,
Chryston and Bellshill</strong></p></td><td><p>2886</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cumbernauld,
Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East</strong></p></td><td><p>2102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dumfries
and Galloway</strong></p></td><td><p>2877</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dumfriesshire,
Clydesdale and Tweeddale</strong></p></td><td><p>2201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dundee
East</strong></p></td><td><p>1962</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dundee West</strong></p></td><td><p>2414</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dunfermline
and West Fife</strong></p></td><td><p>1529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Dunbartonshire</strong></p></td><td><p>1123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East
Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow</strong></p></td><td><p>2194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East
Lothian</strong></p></td><td><p>1936</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Renfrewshire</strong></p></td><td><p>1479</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Edinburgh
East</strong></p></td><td><p>2041</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Edinburgh North
and Leith</strong></p></td><td><p>1618</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Edinburgh South</strong></p></td><td><p>1262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Edinburgh
West</strong></p></td><td><p>1251</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Edinburgh South
West</strong></p></td><td><p>1457</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Falkirk</strong></p></td><td><p>2491</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Glasgow
Central</strong></p></td><td><p>3089</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Glasgow East</strong></p></td><td><p>3939</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Glasgow
North</strong></p></td><td><p>1878</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Glasgow North East</strong></p></td><td><p>3736</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Glasgow
North West</strong></p></td><td><p>2829</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Glasgow South
West</strong></p></td><td><p>3337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Glasgow South</strong></p></td><td><p>2632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Glenrothes</strong></p></td><td><p>2218</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gordon</strong></p></td><td><p>1114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Inverclyde</strong></p></td><td><p>2603</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Inverness,
Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey</strong></p></td><td><p>1941</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Kilmarnock
and Loudoun</strong></p></td><td><p>2670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Kirkcaldy
and Cowdenbeath</strong></p></td><td><p>2300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lanark
and Hamilton East</strong></p></td><td><p>2825</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Livingston</strong></p></td><td><p>2331</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Linlithgow
and East Falkirk</strong></p></td><td><p>2412</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Midlothian</strong></p></td><td><p>1693</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Moray</strong></p></td><td><p>1895</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Motherwell
and Wishaw</strong></p></td><td><p>2928</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Na h-Eileanan
an Iar</strong></p></td><td><p>1043</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North Ayrshire
and Arran</strong></p></td><td><p>2943</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East
Fife</strong></p></td><td><p>1338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ochil and South
Perthshire</strong></p></td><td><p>1954</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Orkney and
Shetland</strong></p></td><td><p>810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Paisley and Renfrewshire
North</strong></p></td><td><p>2006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Paisley and Renfrewshire
South</strong></p></td><td><p>2357</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Perth and North
Perthshire</strong></p></td><td><p>2058</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ross, Skye
and Lochaber</strong></p></td><td><p>1628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Rutherglen
and Hamilton West</strong></p></td><td><p>3205</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Stirling</strong></p></td><td><p>1685</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West
Aberdeenshire and Kincardine</strong></p></td><td><p>996</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West
Dunbartonshire</strong></p></td><td><p>2858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>127080</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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