Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what passport benefits of what average value a Pension Credit claimant may be eligible to receive.

Pension Credit claimants can receive passported benefits such as:

- Winter Fuel Payment;

- Housing Benefit for those who rent the property they live in;

- support for Mortgage Interest for those who own the property they live in;

- a Council Tax discount for those in England and Wales;

- a free TV licence for those aged 75 or over;

- help with NHS dental treatment, glasses, and transport costs for hospital appointments;

- help with heating costs through the Warm Home Discount Scheme;

- a discount on the Royal Mail redirection service for those moving house.

Information on passported benefits is available at: Pension Credit: Overview - GOV.UK.

No estimate has been made of the average value of these benefits.