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	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the impact assessment of the single-tier pension published in October 2013, if he will make an estimate of how many people reaching state pension age after implementation of the single-tier pension in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland would have been eligible for savings credit in (i) 2020 and (ii) 2030 had savings credit not been abolished.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
	uin	206369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The full rate of the new State Pension will give an income above the basic means test, rewarding retirement income saving.</p><p> </p><p>It is estimated that in 2020 around 10% of pensioner households receiving the new State Pension, around 200,000 benefit units, in Great Britain would be eligible for the Savings Credit element of Pension Credit if it had not been removed for people who reached State Pension age after the introduction of new State Pension in April 2016.</p><p> </p><p>By 2030, it is estimated that 15% of the new State Pension households, around 1 million benefit units, would be in this position.</p><p> </p><p>Not all of these people would take up their eligibility to Savings Credit. The Department estimates that take-up amongst people eligible for only the Savings Credit element of Pension Credit is between 43% and 48%.</p><p> </p><p>Breakdowns of the impact analysis by country or region within Great Britain are not available.</p><p> </p><p>It is estimated that retaining Savings Credit for all pensioners and uprating it line with earnings would lead to additional annual costs in the UK of around £2bn in 20 years' time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 22/07/2014 11:49:29 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

106123

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of eligible pensioners that do not receive pension credit.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	213005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The most recent estimates of take-up can be found in the Income Related Benefits: Estimates of Take-up report which provides caseload and expenditure estimates of take-up for Pension Credit in Great Britain for the financial year 2009-10. The figures are available online and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up--2</a></p><p> </p><p>Experimental estimates of take-up of income-related benefits based on an improved methodology for Great Britain are provisionally due to be published in January to February 2015.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 06/11/2014 13:45:29 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

225297

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people for whom the freezing of the savings element of pensions credit and increases in the basic state pension has had a net negative effect on their income in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Dame Anne Begg
	uin	226249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The overall impact of benefit up-rating on a customer’s income depends on a wide variety of factors (including for example any changes to their non state pensions that occur around the same time) which means we cannot accurately measure these impacts. However, the increases in the basic State Pension under the terms of the triple lock, have been more significant than the reductions in the savings credit. Overall it is unlikely that any Pension Credit customer should be worse off, in cash terms, as a result of the uprating decisions made over the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 226248 question first answered 09/03/2015 16:06:27 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	572 label Biography information for Dame Anne Begg

225300

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in receipt of pension credit whose income from their state pension and pension credit was (a) less in the 2014-15 financial year than it was in the previous financial year, and (b) less in the 2013-14 financial year than it was in the 2012-13 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Dame Anne Begg
	uin	226248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The overall impact of benefit up-rating on a customer’s income depends on a wide variety of factors (including for example any changes to their non state pensions that occur around the same time) which means we cannot accurately measure these impacts. However, the increases in the basic State Pension under the terms of the triple lock, have been more significant than the reductions in the savings credit. Overall it is unlikely that any Pension Credit customer should be worse off, in cash terms, as a result of the uprating decisions made over the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 226249 question first answered 09/03/2015 16:06:27 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	572 label Biography information for Dame Anne Begg

389007

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the maximum income is which may be received tax free in each week by a person in receipt of the state pension without affecting that person's entitlement to pension credit.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
	uin	6346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The level of income at which entitlement to Pension Credit ends is £151.20 for those under 65 years of age and £188.25 for those aged 65 and over (£230.85 and £274.43 respectively for couples). These amounts may be higher for those with caring responsibilities, a severe disability, or certain housing costs. When calculating Pension Credit entitlement, income such as earnings, pensions or income drawdown is taken into account net of any tax liability, and subject in some cases to full or partial disregards. The provisions defining income and its treatment are sections 15 and 16 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 and regulations 14 to 18 and schedules IV and VI of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/07/2015 16:31:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

424382

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase the uptake of pension credit by people who are eligible.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	13630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that older people receive the support they are entitled to and the Department targets activity on engaging with people who may be eligible at pivotal stages such as when they claim State Pension or report a change in their circumstances.</p><br /><p>We use a wide range of channels to communicate information about Pension Credit to potential customers, including information on gov.uk, in leaflets and by telephone.</p><br /><p>We believe that one of the best ways to reach those eligible customers who may be reluctant to claim is through trusted messengers working in the community and DWP provides a web-based Pension Credit toolkit at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pension-credit-toolkit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pension-credit-toolkit</a> containing a range of resources for anyone working with pensioners. It contains guides to Pension Credit, examples of the reasons why eligible customers might not claim, ideas for encouraging take-up, and makes available a range of publicity material.</p><br /><p>To increase take-up we are currently engaging with community partners through the Age Action Alliance and have recently begun a series of workshops designed to publicise the toolkit resources and to allow partners to share best practice of what works to encourage take-up.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/10/2015 13:18:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

426145

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) Glasgow and (d) Glasgow East constituency who are aged (i) 60, (ii) 61, (iii) 62, (iv) 63, (v) 64, (vi) 65, (vii) 66, and (viii) 67 are in receipt of pension credit in the 2015-16 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Natalie McGarry
	uin	14806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The information as requested for 2015/16 is not available.</p><p>Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development. Northern Ireland statistics can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 14807 question first answered 10/11/2015 17:14:47 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4428 label Biography information for Natalie McGarry

426146

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many men in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) Glasgow and (d) Glasgow East constituency who are aged (i) 60, (ii) 61, (iii) 62, (iv) 63, (v) 64, (vi) 65, (vii) 66, and (viii) 67 are in receipt of pension credit in the 2015-16 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Natalie McGarry
	uin	14807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The information as requested for 2015/16 is not available.</p><p>Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development. Northern Ireland statistics can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 14806 question first answered 10/11/2015 17:14:47 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4428 label Biography information for Natalie McGarry

426148

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of providing pension credit was to people in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) Glasgow and (d) Glasgow East constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Natalie McGarry
	uin	14712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>Due to the geographical level of information requested it has been assumed that the question refers to benefit expenditure.</p><p>The information on requested is shown in the table below.</p><p>Tables show expenditure for Great Britain, not the UK, as expenditure in Northern Ireland is the responsibility of Northern Ireland Executive.</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Pension Credit Expenditure £ million</td><td>2014/15</td></tr><tr><td>Great Britain</td><td>6,576.1</td></tr><tr><td>Scotland</td><td>587.4</td></tr><tr><td>Glasgow (City)</td><td>108.6</td></tr><tr><td>Glasgow East (constituency)</td><td>19.1</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Benefit expenditure information is published and can be found using the following URL:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2015</a></p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/11/2015 17:04:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4428 label Biography information for Natalie McGarry

442767

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of how many pensioners will have the assessed income periods of their pension credit end early as a result of changes to pension credit on 6 April 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	21041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong>We estimate that around 250,000 Pension Credit recipients will have their assessed income period (AIP) end early. This estimate is based on DWP administrative data and includes an assumption about the number of new AIPs that will be set between now and 5 April 2016. The end of an AIP does not necessarily change the Pension Credit award; the effect depends on whether any changes to income or capital have taken place.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/01/2016 14:33:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq