questionText: 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 who claim Pension Credit and (ii) cost to the public purse for (A) Pension Credit and (B) other associated passported benefits in (1) this financial year and (2) each of the next four financial years.
answerText: 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...
heading: Pension Credit