Pension Credit and Winter Fuel Payment: West Worcestershire
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were (a) awarded Pension Credit and (b) paid Winter Fuel Allowance in West Worcestershire constituency in (i) 2024-25 and (ii) 2023-24.
Answered by Torsten Bell
Pension Credit and Winter Fuel Payments are household level benefits.
Pension Credit caseload statistics are routinely published and made publicly available via DWP Stat-xplore. In February 2024, 1,929 households were claiming Pension Credit in West Worcestershire. Data for 2024-25 is only available up to May 2024. At this point in time, there were 1,933 households claiming Pension Credit in the West Worcestershire constituency.
In Winter 2023 to 2024, 18,868 pensioner households received the Winter Fuel Payment in the West Worcestershire constituency. (Source: Winter Fuel Payment statistics for winter 2023 to 2024 - GOV.UK).
Official Winter Fuel Payment statistics for Winter 2024 to 2025 are expected to be released by the end of 2025.
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