Question follow-through · 5079

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of the steps her Department has taken to increase the number of people claiming Pension Credit on the cost to the public purse of expenditure on that

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
10 Sept 2024
Target answer date
12 Sept 2024
Answer
18 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of the steps her Department has taken to increase the number of people claiming Pension Credit on the cost to the public purse of expenditure on that

  2. 12 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The Government announced on the 29 July 2024 that eligibility for Winter Fuel payments will be linked to those on Pension Credit or other means tested benefits for pensioners from Winter 2024. We have received around 38,500 Pension Credit claims in the 5 ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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