Pension Credit

(asked on 7th January 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the number of pensioners entitled to claim Pension Credit who are not doing so.


Answered by
Baroness Sherlock Portrait
Baroness Sherlock
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 21st January 2025

The department estimate that up to 760,000 families who were entitled to receive Pension Credit did not claim the benefit in the financial year ending 2023. Further details can be found at Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2023 - GOV.UK.

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