Mel Stride MP: written questions

Written questions

• Pension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3957More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of the State Pension were (a) in receipt of and (b) eligible for Pension Credit on 3 September 2024; and if she will make an estimate of the number and

  Answer: Benefit combinations statistics are routinely published and made publicly available via DWP Stat-xplore. Due to the suspension of State Pension statistics, the latest available data covers the period up to May 2023. At May 2023, there were 1,228,563 peopl...

  Answered 12 Sept 2024

  Original Parliament record
• Pension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3956More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the (a) introduction of means-testing for Winter Fuel Payments and (b) Pension Credit Week of Action campaign on the (i) number of people

  Answer: The Government estimates that linking entitlement to receipt of Pension Credit and other relevant DWP income-related benefits will reduce expenditure by around £1.4 billion in 2024/25 and £1.5 billion in 2025/26, based on the assumption of a 5% increase o...

  Answered 9 Sept 2024

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• Household Support FundDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3955More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of each round of the Household Support Fund has been spent on (a) energy support, (b) pensioner households and (c) energy support for pensioner households.

  Answer: There have been five separate iterations of the Household Support Fund (HSF). Since the first iteration was introduced, over £2.5 billion has been allocated to Local Authorities in England to support those most in need through the HSF (October 2021- Septe...

  Answered 9 Sept 2024

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• Pension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3954More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of pensioners were living in (a) relative poverty after housing costs and (b) absolute poverty after housing costs were in receipt of Pension Credit in the latest period for

  Answer: For the latest year 2022/23, 1.9 million pensioners were in relative poverty after housing costs (AHC) in the UK. Of these, 300,000 pensioners were in receipt of Pension Credit, approximately 15%. A household is in relative poverty if its income is less t...

  Answered 18 Sept 2024

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