Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 8479

Pension Credit: Park Homes

Tabled: 10 October 2024
Answered: 16 October 2024

Question

Dr Ben Spencer

ConservativeRunnymede and Weybridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of Park Home Residents who are unable to take up Pension Credit due to pitch fees not being treated equivalently to ground rent in the application process.

Answer

Emma Reynolds
An award of Pension Credit can include certain housing costs where the dwelling occupied as the home is not owned by the claimant and if these costs cannot be covered by Housing Benefit. Examples of housing costs covered by Pension Credit include: rents o...

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