Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 43064

Pension Credit

Tabled: 1 April 2025
Answered: 7 April 2025

Question

Wendy Morton

Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills

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.

Answer

Torsten Bell

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-disabled pensioners.