Written question asked by Clive Jones (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 21 February 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 February 2025. It was answered by Torsten Bell (Labour) on Monday, 3 March 2025 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Pension Credit: Wokingham
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of eligible pensioners who were not claiming Pension Credit in Wokingham constituency on 31 January 2025.
- Answer
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Published DWP Pension Credit Take-up statistics estimate that up to 760,000 households who were entitled to receive Pension Credit did not claim the benefit. These statistics are only available at Great Britain level and cannot be broken down to smaller geographical areas. The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics for Great Britain cover the financial year 2022 to 2023 and are available at: Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2023 - GOV.UK
Latest caseload statistics show that as of August 2024, there were 1,359,773 people in receipt of Pension Credit in Great Britain, of which 798 were in Wokingham constituency. This data is available via DWP Stat-Xplore.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 32459
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Pension credit Take-up Wokingham
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
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- 2025-09-05 19:00:32 +0100
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