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Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claim Pension Credit.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
5 Sept 2024
Answer
11 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claim Pension Credit.

  2. 5 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    Based on the latest published Pension Credit caseload statistics (sources below), in February 2024 there were 1,359,475 households in Great Britain claiming Pension Credit. The published Pension Credit figures refer to households, so the number of individ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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21 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Education to encourage young people not in education, employment or training into (a) further education and (b) employment.

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pension Credit: Carers

29 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of raising the Carer Addition in Pension Credit on low-income pensioner carers.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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