Question follow-through · 6636

Pension Credit: Take-up

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of people who are eligible for Pension Credit who will take up that benefit in the next 12 months.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
4 Oct 2024
Target answer date
8 Oct 2024
Answer
15 Oct 2024 · 11 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of people who are eligible for Pension Credit who will take up that benefit in the next 12 months.

  2. 8 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    No such estimate has been made.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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