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<p>In February 2019, the number of pensioners in Romford constituency that (a) receive
the pre-2016 State Pension is 15,700 and (b) receive Pension Credit is 2,022. The
information 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><p>The number of pensioners
that are eligible for pension credit but do not claim it (c) is only available at
national level.</p><p> </p><p>Official statistics on the take-up of income related
benefits at Great Britain level, including pension credit, can be found in the ‘Income-related
benefits: estimates of take-up in 2016 to 2017’ publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2016-to-2017"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2016-to-2017</a></p><p>
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