Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 2711

Pension Credit: Take-up

Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

John McDonnell

LabourHayes and Harlington

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the steps her Department has taken to increase take-up of Pensions Credit since January 2019.

Answer

Emma Reynolds
The latest available take-up estimates Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial yearending 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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