Oral QuestionDepartment for International Trade

What assessment she has made of the potential merits of a trade agreement with the EU on similar terms to the EU-Australia trade negotiations.

Tabled: 2 March 2020Answered: 5 March 2020

Asked by

Sarah Olney

Liberal DemocratRichmond Park

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for International Trade

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Emma Reynolds)

Estimates for pensioners who are eligible for but not receiving pension credit were published in early October. The estimates show that more than 800,000 pensioners—individual pensioners, not households—are entitled to pension credit but are not claiming it.