Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Oral Statement of 29 July 2024 on Public Spending: Inheritance, Official Report, columns 1033-1040, how many Pension Credit claims have been awarded since the changes in the eligibility criteria for the Winter Fuel Payment were announced.
On 27 February 2025 we published Pension Credit applications and award statistics. This publication provides application and award volumes up to 23 February 2025. Pension Credit Applications and Awards - February 2025.