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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