Question follow-through · 8652

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of additional people that will register for Pension Credit between 1 September and 31 December 2024.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
11 Oct 2024
Target answer date
21 Oct 2024
Answer
21 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of additional people that will register for Pension Credit between 1 September and 31 December 2024.

  2. 21 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    No such estimate has been made. For Pension Credit claims received up to 22 September 2024, the following report contains weekly figures: Weekly Pension Credit claims received from 1 April 2024 to 22 September 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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