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Written question asked by Baroness Greengross (Crossbench) on Monday, 15 July 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 July 2019. It was answered by Baroness Buscombe (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 July 2019 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Pension Credit

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of (1) the number, and (2) percentage, of eligible state pensioners who claimed pension credit in (a) 2017–18, and (b) 2018–19; and how many pensioners are forecast to claim that benefit in 2019–20.

Answer

In 2016-17, 1.81m (60 per cent) of eligible state pensioners claimed Pension Credit. Corresponding figures for 2017-18 and 2018-19 are not yet available.

Official statistics on the take-up of income related benefits at Great Britain level, including Pension Credit, can be found in the ‘Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up in 2016 to 2017’ publication on gov.uk.

Historic and forecast benefit expenditure and caseload data relating to DWP benefits at Great Britain level, including Pension Credit, can be found in the ‘Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2019’ publication on gov.uk.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL17147
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Pension credit Take-up
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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