Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Scottish pensioners in each local authority area were entitled to receive the basic state pension in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15; and how many such people are expected to receive basic state pension in 2015-16.

Statistics for numbers in receipt of State Pension are available from 100% data and are published on the Department’s website at:

http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/sp/tabtool_sp.html

Guidance for users is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance

Information is not available on the number of people entitled but who have not claimed their State Pension or how many people in each local authority area are expected to receive it in 2015-16.