Pension Credit: Age
Commons · Question 36661 · Tabled 10 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on people of the planned increase in the Pension Credit qualifying age; and what steps she is taking to (a) inform and (b) support those affected.
Answer
Answered by Torsten Bell, 14 Mar 2025
The qualifying age for Pension Credit is linked to State Pension age and will therefore increase to age 67 over a two-year phasing period, 2026 to 2028, as a consequence of the increase to State Pension age over the same period. The changes were legislate...