A question on #PensionCredit tabled by Mr Peter Bedford on 21-01-2025 has been answered by Torsten Bell.

Heading: Pension Credit
Question ID: 1757509
UIN: 25581
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-01-21
Asking Member ID: 5330
Asking Member display name: Mr Peter Bedford
Asking Member handle: peterabedford
Asking Member Twitter reference: @peterabedford
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Pension Credit applications were made in each of the last five years for which data is available.
Is named day: true
Date of holding answer: 2025-01-31
Date answered: 2025-02-03
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 5069
Answering Member display name: Torsten Bell
Answering Member handle: TorstenBell
Answering Member Twitter reference: @TorstenBell
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Answer text: The table below shows the volumes of Pension Credit applications received in each of the last 5 financial years. Pension Credit ClaimsReceivedApril 2024 to 17 November 2024215,200April 2023 to March 2024251,000April 2022 to March 2023267,000April 2021 to ...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
Tweeted: true