Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Table 2, page 9, footnote 2 of his Department's report entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, published in July 2024, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people that will receive Pension Credit over (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.

Fixing the Foundations showed Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) Winter Fuel Payments (WFP) savings of £1.4bn, for 2024/2025, for Great Britain. These included an assumption about increased take-up of Pension Credit which is in line with the highest levels it has achieved historically. Final savings will be certified and published by the Office for Budget Responsibility at the Autumn Budget on the 30^th October, taking account of any behavioural response and associated impact on the estimated number of people who will receive Pension Credit in upcoming years.