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<ol><li>Individuals at or above State Pension age may be entitled to apply for financial
support from amongst the following DWP benefits, depending upon their personal circumstances:</li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Attendance
Allowance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carer's Allowance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christmas
Bonus</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability Living Allowance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Housing
benefits</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Industrial Injuries Disability benefits</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pension
Credit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Personal Independence Payment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State
Pension</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severe Disablement Allowance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winter
Fuel Payments</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol start="2"><li>We have data available
for the number of families who are entitled to claim such benefits for Pension Credit
and Housing Benefit. We do not hold this information for the other benefits in which
pensioners may be entitled. These are from the Income-related benefits: estimates
of take up: financial year 2018 to 2019.</li></ol><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Benefit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number
of families entitled 2018/19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pension Credit</p></td><td><p>2,490,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Housing
Benefit (Pensioners)</p></td><td><p>1,440,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>There
are already around 1.4 million people claiming around £5 billion in Pension Credit.
We want to make sure that all eligible pensioners claim the Pension Credit to which
they are rightly entitled. The DWP conducted a media day in June with support from
Age UK and the BBC and others, using national and local media to help reach older
people reticent about claiming Pension Credit. There have also been press articles
since then to encourage take-up.</p><p> </p><p>The working group which DWP has established
includes a diverse range of organisations including pensioner charities as well as
the BBC, British Telecom, Virgin Money and the Local Government Association. The group
met most recently on 19 October and we hope that it will identify new practical initiatives
to help address Pension Credit take up.</p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="3"><li>The number
of individuals claiming the following benefits can be found on Table 2c of the Benefit
Expenditure and Caseload tables 2021 on Gov.uk.</li></ol><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Benefits
directed at Pensioners</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Caseload 2020/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attendance
Allowance</p></td><td><p>1,388,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carer’s Allowance</p></td><td><p>287,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christmas
Bonus</p></td><td><p>12,275,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability Living Allowance</p></td><td><p>523,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Housing
Benefit</p></td><td><p>1,164,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Industrial Injuries benefits</p></td><td><p>150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pension
Credit</p></td><td><p>1,480,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Personal Independence Payment</p></td><td><p>306,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State
Pension</p></td><td><p>12,379,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severe Disablement Allowance</p></td><td><p>15,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winter
Fuel Payments</p></td><td><p>11,205,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>
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