Oral QuestionDepartment of Health and Social Care

What progress she has made on introducing a dentistry recovery plan.

Tabled: 17 January 2024Answered: 23 January 2024

Asked by

Rachael Maskell

Labour (Co-op)York Central

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

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.