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Pension Credit

Asked by Neil Duncan-JordanLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 11 March 2025UIN 35601

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the amount of eligible Pension Credit that has been unclaimed as of 28 February 2025.

Answered by Torsten Bell

The Department does not have data for the period up to February 2025.

The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics cover the financial year 2022 to 2023 and are available at: Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2023 - GOV.UK. In the financial year ending 2023, the estimated amount of unclaimed Pension Credit was £1.33 billion.

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