{"value":{"id":1754073,"askingMemberId":4107,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-09T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-16T00:00:00","uin":"22903","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were (a) awarded Pension Credit and (b) paid Winter Fuel Allowance in West Worcestershire constituency in (i) 2024-25 and (ii) 2023-24.","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":5069,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-20T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Pension Credit and Winter Fuel Payments are household level benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Pension Credit caseload statistics are routinely published and made publicly available via <a href=\"https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/dataCatalogueExplorer.xhtml\" target=\"_blank\">DWP Stat-xplore</a>. In February 2024, 1,929 households were claiming Pension Credit in West Worcestershire. Data for 2024-25 is only available up to May 2024. At this point in time, there were 1,933 households claiming Pension Credit in the West Worcestershire constituency.</p><p> </p><p>In Winter 2023 to 2024, 18,868 pensioner households received the Winter Fuel Payment in the West Worcestershire constituency. (Source: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/winter-fuel-payment-statistics-for-winter-2023-to-2024\" target=\"_blank\">Winter Fuel Payment statistics for winter 2023 to 2024 - GOV.UK</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Official Winter Fuel Payment statistics for Winter 2024 to 2025 are expected to be released by the end of 2025.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":"2025-01-16T00:00:00","attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Pension Credit and Winter Fuel Payment: West Worcestershire","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1754073","method":"GET"}]}