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Pension Credit

Commons · Question 4249 · Tabled 4 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 9 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Ruth Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when Pension Credit was last (a) reviewed and (b) adjusted.

Answer

Answered by Emma Reynolds, 9 Sep 2024

The rates of Pension Credit were last reviewed in Autumn 2023 as part of the Secretary of State’s annual statutory review of State pension and benefit rates. Following that review, the Pension Credit standard minimum guarantee was increased by 8.5%, in li...