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Pension Credit

Volume 481: debated on Tuesday 28 October 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the average credit pension credit recipients will receive in each of the next three years. (230231)

The estimated average pension credit that will be received by each claimant in Great Britain over each of the next three years is given in the following table.

Average pension credit (£ per week)

2008-09

51.50

2009-10

53.06

2010-11

55.00

Note:

Estimates are consistent with average weekly receipt estimates for 2007-08 from the Department's Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.

Source:

DWP forecasts published spring 2008.