Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 7985
Pension Credit: Eligibility
Tabled: 8 October 2024
Answered: 15 October 2024
Question
Abtisam Mohamed
Labour — Sheffield Central
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the eligibility threshold for Pension Credit.
Answer
Emma ReynoldsThe rates of Pension Credit were last reviewed in Autumn 2023 as part of the Secretary of State’s annual statutory review of State pension and benefit rates. Following that review, the Pension Credit standard minimum guarantee was increased by 8.5%, in li...
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