Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 14074

Pension Credit: Expenditure

Tabled: 13 November 2024
Answered: 18 November 2024
Named Day

Question

Helen Whately

ConservativeFaversham and Mid Kent

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was for Pension Credit in the latest year for which information is available.

Answer

Emma Reynolds
The total government expenditure in nominal terms for Pension Credit awards was £4.9 billion in 2022/23. This figure does not include other operational and administrative costs, such as the government’s campaign to increase take-up of Pension Credit, as w...

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