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Pension Credit

Commons · Question 43065 · Tabled 1 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 7 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many single pensioners there are who earn less than £20,000 a year and more than the threshold required for pension credit.

Answer

Answered by Torsten Bell, 7 Apr 2025

The income threshold for eligibility for Pension Credit is dependent on personal circumstances, and not all forms of income are taken into account when determining eligibility. Therefore it is not possible to produce a robust estimate of how many single p...