Social Security Benefits: Pensioners
Commons · Question 60755 · Tabled 17 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mixed-age couples are impacted by the rule which prevents them from claiming pension-age benefits until the youngest partner reaches State Pension age.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 25 Jun 2025
The requested information is not held The requirement that both members of a couple need to have reached State Pension age to be eligible for Pension Credit or pension-age Housing Benefit took effect from 15 May 2019. Income-related benefit support for co...