Pension Credit

(asked on 24th March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people who qualify for Pension Credit but do not claim it each year.


Answered by
Baroness Stedman-Scott Portrait
Baroness Stedman-Scott
Opposition Whip (Lords)
This question was answered on 6th April 2022

According to the latest data, 770,000 people are eligible non-recipients of Pension Credit for the financial year ending 2020. The published data tables can be accessed here: Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year 2019 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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