The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold data on the number of households in receipt of a free television license broken down by Parliamentary constituency.<\/p>
<\/p>
The number of households in receipt of winter fuel payment (aged 75 and over) by Parliamentary constituency can be used as a proxy for television license (assuming those in receipt of winter fuel payment have a television) and can be found in the dataset \u2018Households by Parliamentary constituency and age, Winter Fuel Payment, 2017 to 2018 via the following link:<\/p>
<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/winter-fuel-payment-recipient-and-household-figures-2017-to-20178<\/a><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to uprate the 25 pence age addition for pensioners over 80 who are currently entitled to it; and whether the Government has any plans to provide further financial assistance to pensioners who are over 80 years old.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Nov 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Claiming Pension Credit only<\/p><\/td> 34,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Claiming Housing Benefit only<\/p><\/td> 25,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Claiming both Pension Credit and Housing Benefit<\/p><\/td> 55,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total mixed age couples<\/p><\/td> 115,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/strong><\/p> The table below gives estimates of the effects on Annual Managed Expenditure of the changes to be introduced in May 2019 to the eligibility for Pension Credit and pension-age Housing Benefit of couples where one partner has reached state pension age and the other has not. The estimates relate to couples who are not in receipt of either Pension Credit or pension-age Housing Benefit at the point the changes are introduced. They include no estimate of behavioural effects, for example from job retention or increased saving for retirement.<\/p> <\/p> Estimated overall AME savings<\/strong><\/p> Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2019/20<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2020/21<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2021/22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> £45m<\/p><\/td> £130m<\/p><\/td> £220m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> To provide context in terms of the estimated AME savings in relation to the mixed age couples policy, the table below sets out total forecasted AME spending directed at pensioners over the same time period.<\/p> <\/p> Expenditure Directed at Pensioners<\/strong><\/p> <\/p><\/td> 2019/20<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2020/21<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2021/22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nominal terms<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Forecast<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Forecast<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Forecast<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/strong><\/p><\/td> £123,961m<\/p><\/td> £125,857m<\/p><\/td> £130,692m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Source: Table 2a, Benefit expenditure and caseload tables, 2018 (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2018)<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1047787/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " An estimated 115,000 couples are in receipt of either Pension Credit or pension-age Housing Benefit where one partner has reached state pension age and the other has not. These couples will continue to receive those benefits for as long as they are entitled to either of them. The table below shows further breakdowns of mixed age couples.<\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p><\/td> Nov 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Claiming Pension Credit only<\/p><\/td> 34,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Claiming Housing Benefit only<\/p><\/td> 25,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Claiming both Pension Credit and Housing Benefit<\/p><\/td> 55,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total mixed age couples<\/p><\/td> 115,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/strong><\/p> The table below gives estimates of the effects on Annual Managed Expenditure of the changes to be introduced in May 2019 to the eligibility for Pension Credit and pension-age Housing Benefit of couples where one partner has reached state pension age and the other has not. The estimates relate to couples who are not in receipt of either Pension Credit or pension-age Housing Benefit at the point the changes are introduced. They include no estimate of behavioural effects, for example from job retention or increased saving for retirement.<\/p> <\/p> Estimated overall AME savings<\/strong><\/p> Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2019/20<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2020/21<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2021/22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> £45m<\/p><\/td> £130m<\/p><\/td> £220m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> To provide context in terms of the estimated AME savings in relation to the mixed age couples policy, the table below sets out total forecasted AME spending directed at pensioners over the same time period.<\/p> <\/p> Expenditure Directed at Pensioners<\/strong><\/p> <\/p><\/td> 2019/20<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2020/21<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2021/22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nominal terms<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Forecast<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Forecast<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Forecast<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/strong><\/p><\/td> £123,961m<\/p><\/td> £125,857m<\/p><\/td> £130,692m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Source: Table 2a, Benefit expenditure and caseload tables, 2018 (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2018)<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2019 to Question 212389, what estimate she has made of the number of couples affected in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22 of the changes to be introduced in May 2019 to the eligibility for pension credit of couples where one partner has reached state pension age and the other has not.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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