Pension Credit

(asked on 21st October 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners have lost entitlement to Pension Credit as a result of their calculated entitlement being short by 50p or less.


Answered by
Torsten Bell Portrait
Torsten Bell
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 27th October 2025

The Department does not hold information about the total income and circumstances of all pensioners.

That is why we ask people to apply for pension credit rather than being able to make awards automatically.

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