Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 5657

Pension Credit

Tabled: 12 September 2024
Answered: 7 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Laura Trott

ConservativeSevenoaks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Table 2, page 9, footnote 2 of his Department's report entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, published in July 2024, what estimate his Department has made of

Answer

Emma Reynolds
Fixing the Foundations showed Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) Winter Fuel Payments (WFP) savings of £1.4bn, for 2024/2025, for Great Britain. These included an assumption about increased take-up of Pension Credit which is in line with the highest level...

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