Question follow-through · 27033

Pension Credit: Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make a comparative estimate of the number of pensioners claiming Pension Credit in winter (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25; and how many pensioners are ineligible for the winter fuel payment in S

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
28 Jan 2025
Target answer date
3 Feb 2025
Answer
3 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make a comparative estimate of the number of pensioners claiming Pension Credit in winter (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25; and how many pensioners are ineligible for the winter fuel payment in S

  2. 3 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    We do not yet hold data on the number of Pension Credit recipients through winter 2024-25. However, Pension Credit outturn and forecasted caseload statistics are routinely published and made publicly available via Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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