Pension Credit
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what passport benefits of what average value a Pension Credit claimant may be eligible to receive.
Answered by Torsten Bell
Pension Credit claimants can receive passported benefits such as:
- Winter Fuel Payment;
- Housing Benefit for those who rent the property they live in;
- support for Mortgage Interest for those who own the property they live in;
- a Council Tax discount for those in England and Wales;
- a free TV licence for those aged 75 or over;
- help with NHS dental treatment, glasses, and transport costs for hospital appointments;
- help with heating costs through the Warm Home Discount Scheme;
- a discount on the Royal Mail redirection service for those moving house.
Information on passported benefits is available at: Pension Credit: Overview - GOV.UK.
No estimate has been made of the average value of these benefits.
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