Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many eligible people are not currently claiming their pension credit (a) in York and (b) nationally in each of the last 2 years.
The information requested is not available at constituency level.
The latest estimates of the number of families in Great Britain entitled to Pension Credit but not claiming it are available in the “Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up” publication which can be found here:
Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year 2018 to 2019 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)