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Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what her most recent estimate is of the number of claimants of carer's premium to those in receipt of pension credit in each region of (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland; and what proportion of total claims of pension credit this represents in each case. [287712]
Angela Eagle: The information requested is in the following table. In Northern Ireland pension credit administration is a matter for the Northern Ireland Assembly.
| Households in receipt of pension credit with an additional amount for caring | Households in receipt of pension credit | Proportion (Percentage) | |
| Notes: 1. The number of households in receipt are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Totals may not sum due to rounding. 3. Household recipients are those people who claim pension credit either for themselves only or on behalf of a household. Source: WP Information Directorate: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100 per cent. data. | |||
Andrew George:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what estimate her Department has made of the number of people entitled to pension credit who have not claimed it in (a) St. Ives
constituency, (b) Cornwall and (c) England in each of the last five years; [287924]
(2) how many people claimed pension credit in (a) St. Ives constituency, (b) Cornwall and (c) England in each of the last five years. [287925]
Angela Eagle: Estimates of eligibility and therefore those who are entitled to pension credit but have not claimed it are not available below the level of Great Britain.
The latest estimates of the take-up rates and the number of those entitled to but not receiving pension credit are published in the report "Income Related Benefits Estimates of Take-Up in 2007-08".
The number of household recipients of pension credit in St. Ives parliamentary constituency, Cornwall and England are shown in the following table.
| As at November each year: | St. Ives | Cornwall | England |
| Notes: 1. The number of households in receipt are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Totals may not sum due to rounding. 3. Household recipients are those people who claim pension credit either for themselves only or on behalf of a household. Source: DWP Information Directorate Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100 per cent. data. | |||
Pension Credit: Bexley
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households in Bexleyheath and Crayford were in receipt of pension credit in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. [288772]
Angela Eagle: The information requested is in the following table:
| Household recipients of pension credit in the Bexleyheath and Crayford parliamentary constituency | |
| 2008 | Number |
| Notes: 1. The number of households in receipt are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Household recipients are those people who claim pension credit either for themselves only or on behalf of a household. Source: DWP Information Directorate Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100 per cent. data. | |
Pension Protection Fund: East of England
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Essex and (b) the East of England have received Pension Protection Fund payments in each year since the fund's inception; and what the average size of payment was in each year. [285730]
Angela Eagle: The information is not available in the form requested. However, such information as is available is as follows:
455 people in the East of England are currently receiving compensation from the Pension Protection Fund. Two people from the region were receiving such compensation in May 2007 and 111 people in June 2008.
The national average annual payment of compensation is currently around £3,700; a regional breakdown of this figure is not available.
Pension Service: Internet
Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on what dates since January 2009 the Pension Service's state pension forecast e-service pages have not had full service available; for how long on each occasion; and if she will make a statement. [287546]
Angela Eagle [holding answer 20 July 2009]: The following table provides details of the occasions since January 2009 when the Pension Service's on-line state pension forecast service (RTPF) has been unavailable together with the duration of that unavailability. With the exception of the period from 30 March 2009 to 5 April 2009 when there was unprecedented demand for the service, downtime is normally as a result of planned maintenance work or the planned introduction of system improvements.
| Advanced notification of RTPF downtime from January 2009 | |
| Date of downtime | Time of downtime |
| (1) Downtime as a result of incidents from January 2009 Source: The RTPF system | |
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