PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Pension Credit (30 July 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much pension credit was unclaimed in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
Asked by:
Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour)
Asked by:
Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour)
Answer
The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics cover the financial year 2021 to 2022 and are available at: Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). These statistics were suspended for financial year ending 2021 due to data issues following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
In the financial year ending 2022, the estimated amount of unclaimed Pension Credit was £1.72 billion.
Answered by:
Emma Reynolds (Labour)
6 September 2024
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