questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the requirement that both members of a couple must have reached State Pension age in order to be eligible for Pension Credit and pension-age Housing Benefit on levels of pensioner poverty among mixed-age couples in Eastleigh constituency in the next three years.
answerText: Since 15 May 2019 both members of a couple need to have reached State Pension age to be eligible for Pension Credit or pension-age Housing Benefit. Benefit support for couples where only one partner has reached State Pension age is provided through Univer...
heading: Housing Benefit and Pension Credit: Married People