AQW 3582/22-27

Mr John Blair
Alliance Party
South Antrim

Tabled Date: 27/09/2022
Answered On Date: 12/10/2022
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities what estimate her Department has made of the number and proportion of eligible households that did not receive Pension Credit in the 2021/22 financial year.

Answer:

My Department has published experimental statistics on the uptake of Pension Credit. The latest publication was released on 01 September 2022 and provides estimates for the 2019/20 financial year. This publication can be accessed at Pension Credit: Estimates of Benefit Take-up - 2019/20 | Department for Communities (communities-ni.gov.uk).