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Pension Credit: Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 17079 on Pension Credit: Social Security Benefits, what the average weekly cash total equivalent is of the additional qualifying benefits to which P

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
11 Dec 2024
Target answer date
16 Dec 2024
Answer
17 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 17079 on Pension Credit: Social Security Benefits, what the average weekly cash total equivalent is of the additional qualifying benefits to which P

  2. 16 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    No estimate has been made as the department is unable to quantify the value of all passported benefits.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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