Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) pension credit claims and (b) successful pension credit claims there were in each of the last 12 months for which data is available.
The number of Pension Credit Claims Received in the last 12 months is shown in table below.
We do not hold the information requested in part (b) of your question.
| Aug-19 | Sep-19 | Oct-19 | Nov-19 | Dec-19 | Jan-20 | Feb-20 | Mar-20 | Apr-20 | May-20 | Jun-20 | Jul-20 |
Pension Credit Claims Received | 7487 | 7873 | 10645 | 8318 | 6615 | 8540 | 9574 | 12557 | 9567 | 8613 | 9004 | 17087 |
Source: DWP internal data
Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information which was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution.