The DWP declined 114,500 pension credit claims from between July 29 2024 and February 23 2025, representing a 133% increase in not awarded figures compared with 49,100 claims rejected between July 31 2023 and February 25 2024.
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures show that 117,800 pension credit claims were awarded during the period July 29 2024 to February 23 2025, marking a 64% increase from 72,000 between July 31 2023 to February 25 2024.
It said that in addition to a campaign to boost awareness of pension credit, it is exploring further options to drive up claims, including writing to pensioners who make a new claim for housing benefit and who appear to be entitled to pension credit.
The Department cleared 232,200 pension credit claims from July 29 2024 to February 23 2025, representing a 92% increase compared with 121,100 claims being cleared during the comparable 2023/24 period.
The DWP said that the highest recorded level of weekly pension credit claims awarded by the Department was the week commencing January 20 2025, with 7,600 claims awarded.
