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Liam Byrne:To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners are in receipt of the State Pension in each (a) local authority and (b) parliamentary constituency in (i) Birmingham and (ii) Solihull; and what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the increase to the State Pension in the next financial year. \p Torsten Bell: The number of pensioners in receipt of the State Pension in each (a) local authority and (b) parliamentary constituency in (i) Birmingham and (ii) Solihull are provided in the following tables. These figures are for the quarter ending August 2024 and are available at DWP Stat-Xplore.

(a) (i) - Birmingham

Local Authority Ward

State Pension Caseload

Acocks Green

2,848

Allens Cross

1,590

Alum Rock

1,809

Aston

1,890

Balsall Heath West

1,083

Bartley Green

3,565

Billesley

3,045

Birchfield

1,027

Bordesley and Highgate

671

Bordesley Green

875

Bournbrook and Selly Park

1,251

Bournville and Cotteridge

3,502

Brandwood and King's Heath

2,850

Bromford and Hodge Hill

2,462

Castle Vale

1,449

Druids Heath and Monyhull

1,661

Edgbaston

2,509

Erdington

3,155

Frankley Great Park

1,825

Garretts Green

1,208

Glebe Farm and Tile Cross

2,689

Gravelly Hill

1,052

Hall Green North

2,806

Hall Green South

1,830

Handsworth

1,081

Handsworth Wood

2,716

Harborne

3,363

Heartlands

888

Highter's Heath

1,663

Holyhead

956

King's Norton North

2,110

King's Norton South

1,609

Kingstanding

2,714

Ladywood

1,227

Longbridge and West Heath

3,498

Lozells

703

Moseley

3,189

Nechells

857

Newtown

755

North Edgbaston

2,030

Northfield

1,970

Oscott

2,948

Perry Barr

2,948

Perry Common

1,714

Pype Hayes

1,546

Quinton

3,392

Rubery and Rednal

1,878

Shard End

1,729

Sheldon

3,353

Small Heath

1,673

Soho and Jewellery Quarter

1,574

South Yardley

1,393

Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East

1,929

Sparkhill

1,783

Stirchley

1,271

Stockland Green

2,553

Sutton Four Oaks

2,336

Sutton Mere Green

2,303

Sutton Reddicap

1,743

Sutton Roughley

2,354

Sutton Trinity

1,982

Sutton Vesey

4,317

Sutton Walmley and Minworth

3,881

Sutton Wylde Green

2,441

Tyseley and Hay Mills

1,070

Ward End

964

Weoley and Selly Oak

3,202

Yardley East

1,751

Yardley West and Stechford

1,290

(a) (ii) - Solihull

Local Authority Ward

State Pension Caseload

Bickenhill

2,540

Blythe

2,761

Castle Bromwich

2,725

Chelmsley Wood

1,988

Dorridge and Hockley Heath

2,692

Elmdon

2,464

Kingshurst and Fordbridge

1,784

Knowle

3,167

Lyndon

2,434

Meriden

3,121

Olton

2,772

Shirley East

2,371

Shirley South

2,859

Shirley West

2,687

Silhill

2,789

Smith's Wood

1,868

St Alphege

3,214

(b) (i) - Birmingham

Parliamentary Constituency

State Pension Caseload

Birmingham Edgbaston

14,853

Birmingham Erdington

16,063

Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley

13,148

Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North

14,525

Birmingham Ladywood

8,847

Birmingham Northfield

16,997

Birmingham Perry Barr

12,384

Birmingham Selly Oak

14,322

Birmingham Yardley

13,381

Sutton Coldfield

21,356

(b) (ii) - Solihull

Parliamentary Constituency

State Pension Caseload

Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North

14,525

Meriden and Solihull East

20,545

Solihull West and Shirley

19,100

In 2025/26, it is estimated the total State Pension expenditure will increase by around £9bn (in nominal terms). This estimation is available in the latest Benefit Expenditure and Caseload tables published at Autumn Budget 2024. Source: Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2024 - GOV.UK