Pension Credit
(asked on 9th January 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Pension Credit applications her Department has received in each of the last 12 months; and how many such applications were processed within the 50 day target.
Pension Credit operational information is produced weekly. Please find data from 1 January 2024 up to the latest available data at end of week commencing 11 November 2024. This data is part of a longer time series published by the Department on 28 November 2024, which shows applications for Pension Credit received since 1 April 2024 up to 17 November 2024. Pension Credit applications and awards: November 2024 - GOV.UK. The next publication of Pension Credit application statistics is due around the end of February 2025 and will cover the data up to week commencing 10 February 2025.
Week Commencing | Pension Credit Claims Received |
01 Jan 24 | 3,100 |
08 Jan 24 | 4,600 |
15 Jan 24 | 4,800 |
22 Jan 24 | 4,500 |
29 Jan 24 | 4,400 |
05 Feb 24 | 5,800 |
12 Feb 24 | 5,600 |
19 Feb 24 | 5,800 |
26 Feb 24 | 7,200 |
04 Mar 24 | 6,200 |
11 Mar 24 | 5,100 |
18 Mar 24 | 5,100 |
25 Mar 24 | 3,800 |
01 Apr 24 | 3,900 |
08 Apr 24 | 4,400 |
15 Apr 24 | 4,400 |
22 Apr 24 | 4,200 |
29 Apr 24 | 3,700 |
06 May 24 | 3,400 |
13 May 24 | 4,100 |
20 May 24 | 4,000 |
27 May 24 | 3,300 |
03 Jun 24 | 4,200 |
10 Jun 24 | 4,000 |
17 Jun 24 | 3,400 |
24 Jun 24 | 3,200 |
01 Jul 24 | 3,800 |
08 Jul 24 | 4,100 |
15 Jul 24 | 3,300 |
22 Jul 24 | 3,500 |
29 Jul 24 | 7,900 |
05 Aug 24 | 7,300 |
12 Aug 24 | 5,900 |
19 Aug 24 | 8,400 |
26 Aug 24 | 9,000 |
02 Sep 24 | 10,700 |
09 Sep 24 | 13,400 |
16 Sep 24 | 11,800 |
23 Sep 24 | 9,800 |
30 Sep 24 | 8,300 |
07 Oct 24 | 8,200 |
14 Oct 24 | 9,600 |
21 Oct 24 | 9,000 |
28 Oct 24 | 10,000 |
04 Nov 24 | 9,800 |
11 Nov 24 | 10,600 |
As per the publication of the DWP annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024 - GOV.UK (ARA), 77.7% of Pension Credit claims were processed within the Department’s planned timescales in the Financial Year 2023 to 2024. The next publication of the ARA will include claims processed in the Financial Year 2024 to 2025, which is due for publication in the summer.