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Winter Fuel Payment: Pensioners

Commons · Question 44019 · Tabled 3 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 22 Apr 2025

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Asked by Imran Hussain

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of eligible pensioners not claiming Pension Credit; and what steps her Department is taking to increase take-up, in the context of Winter Fuel Payment eli

Answer

Answered by Torsten Bell, 22 Apr 2025

The most recent estimate of Pension Credit take-up covers the financial year 2022/23 and is available at: Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2023 - GOV.UKThe Government wants all pensioners to get the support to which the...