Question follow-through · 43064
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the uptake of Pension Credit among (a) disabled and (b) non-disabled pensioners.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 1 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 7 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the uptake of Pension Credit among (a) disabled and (b) non-disabled pensioners.
3 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Apr 2025
Answer published
The latest estimates of Pension Credit take-up cover the financial year 2022/23: Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2023 - GOV.UK. The take-up does not provide a break down of rates of take-up amongst disabled and non-dis...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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