{"value":{"id":1752598,"askingMemberId":5016,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-06T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-20T00:00:00","uin":"HL3725","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government how many outstanding claims for Pension Credit there were at the end of 2024.","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4147,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-20T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Outstanding Pension Credit claims totalled 92,400 at the end of week commencing 23<sup>rd</sup> December 2024. This includes 8,500 advanced claims. Advanced claims are where the application can be started up to 4 months before reaching State Pension age. We do not hold this information at regional level.</p><p> </p><p>Please note, the data shown is unpublished management information, collected and intended for internal departmental use and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Pension Credit","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1752598","method":"GET"}]}