Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 2889

Pension Credit: Take-up

Tabled: 30 August 2024

Answered: 5 September 2024

Named Day

Question

Mary Glindon

Labour — Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress her Department has made on increasing the uptake of Pension Credit.

Answer

Emma Reynolds

The latest available take-up estimates Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) cover the financial year 2021/2022 and suggest an overall Pension Credit take-up rate of 63%. The next take-up estimates...

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