Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 3440
Pension Credit and Winter Fuel Payment
Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 18 September 2024
Question
Jess Asato
Labour — Lowestoft
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of pensioners not in receipt of Pension Credit living in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty; and what estimate she has made of the number of additional
Answer
Emma ReynoldsFor the latest year 2022/23, 1.9 million pensioners were in relative poverty after housing costs (AHC). Of these, 1.6 million pensioners were not in receipt of Pension Credit.For the latest year 2022/23, 1.4 million pensioners were in absolute poverty AHC...
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