Asked by: Edward Argar (Conservative - Melton and Syston)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Melton Borough claimed pension credit in 2023.
Answered by Emma Reynolds - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
Caseload statistics are routinely published and made publicly available via DWP Stat-xplore. At November 2023, there were 770 people claiming Pension Credit in Melton Borough.
Asked by: Edward Argar (Conservative - Melton and Syston)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the Melton Borough received winter fuel allowance payments in 2023.
Answered by Emma Reynolds - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
Annual statistics on the number of Winter Fuel Payment recipients and households by local authority and by Westminster parliamentary constituency are made publicly available via GOV.UK. For Winter 2022 to 2023 11,729 people received a Winter Fuel Payment in the Melton Borough.
Asked by: Edward Argar (Conservative - Melton and Syston)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants for (a) the state pension, (b) jobseeker's allowance, (c) personal independence payment and (d) employment and support allowance there have been for Charnwood constituency for each year they have been in place since 2010.
Answered by Damian Hinds
Please see the table below for the number of claimants who have been in receipt of payment for State Pension (SP), Jobseekers Allowance (JSA), Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for the Charnwood constituency since 2010.
Claims in payment are in the table below:
Claimants for the Charnwood constituency
Benefit | Aug-2010 | Aug-2011 | Aug-2012 | Aug-2013 | Aug-2014 | Aug-2015 | Aug-2016 |
SP | 20,910 | 21,110 | 21,480 | 21,640 | 21,890 | 21,960 | 22,020 |
JSA | 1,170 | 1,300 | 1,210 | 960 | 550 | 430 | 230 |
ESA | 520 | 580 | 960 | 1,520 | 1,830 | 1,990 | 2,160 |
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| 13 | 258 | 765 | 1,027 |
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