Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 44019

Winter Fuel Payment: Pensioners

Tabled: 3 April 2025

Answered: 22 April 2025

Named Day

Question

Imran Hussain

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of eligible pensioners not claiming Pension Credit; and what steps her Department is taking to increase take-up, in the context of Winter Fuel Payment eli

Answer

Torsten Bell

The most recent estimate of Pension Credit take-up covers the financial year 2022/23 and is available at: Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2023 - GOV.UKThe Government wants all pensioners to get the support to which the...

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