Question follow-through · 23427

Pension Credit: Runcorn and Helsby

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of people that were (a) eligible for and (b) not in receipt of Pension Credit in Runcorn and Helsby constituency on 13 January 2025.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
15 Jan 2025
Answer
17 Jan 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of people that were (a) eligible for and (b) not in receipt of Pension Credit in Runcorn and Helsby constituency on 13 January 2025.

  2. 15 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The department does not hold this data. Information relating to Pension Credit eligibility is only available via take-up statistics. The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics for Great Britain cover the financial year 2021 to 2022 and are a...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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