Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the UK are in receipt of pension credit; and what the annual cost is of that credit.

In August 2022, the total Pension Credit caseload is 1.38 million. The forecasted real terms expenditure for the financial year 2022/23 is estimated to be approximately £4.9 billion.

Statistics of Pension Credit caseload is publicly available via Stat-Xplore. Available here: DWP Stat-Xplore

Estimates of real terms expenditure of Pension Credit are available in the ‘Benefit Expenditure and Caseload tables 2022’ publication, which can be found at Benefit Expenditure and Caseload tables 2022 - GOV.UK