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<p>The table below shows estimates for the (a) amount of unclaimed Pension credit
and (b) average amount of unclaimed pension credit per household in each year for
which data is available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total
amount of unclaimed pension credit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average (mean)
weekly amount of unclaimed pension credit </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average
(median) weekly amount of unclaimed pension credit </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.1bn</p></td><td><p>£41</p></td><td><p>£22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>£2.9bn</p></td><td><p>£41</p></td><td><p>£23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>£2.8bn</p></td><td><p>£42</p></td><td><p>£24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>£2.7bn</p></td><td><p>£42</p></td><td><p>£25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.1bn</p></td><td><p>£49</p></td><td><p>£24</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Source: Income related benefits: estimates of take-up 2016 to 2017</p><p> </p><p>Please
note that figures in the publication reflect average amounts of unclaimed Pension
Credit per household instead of per person. This is because data from the Family Resources
Survey, a survey assessing households, is used to produce the figures in the publication.</p>
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