{"value":{"id":1752280,"askingMemberId":4592,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-03T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-08T00:00:00","uin":"21660","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pension credit claims received since 1 August 2024 have (a) not been paid to the claimant and (b) refused on grounds the claimant is ineligible.","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4077,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-08T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Because of how we capture our operational data, information on claims received over that period which have not been paid to the claimant/refused on the grounds of the claimant being ineligible is not available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on Pension Credit award volumes were published on 28 November 2024. This publication includes numbers of applications that were received, awarded and not awarded, up to 17 November 2024. <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pension-credit-applications-and-awards-november-2024\" target=\"_blank\">Pension Credit applications and awards: November 2024 - GOV.UK</a>. Please note, the next publication of Pension Credit application statistics is due around the end of February 2025 and will cover the data up to week commencing 10 February 2025.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Pension Credit","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1752280","method":"GET"}]}