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  • Pension Credit statistics

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    • Benefits and pensions, 
    • Statistics and research, 
    • Benefits statistics

    The Pension Credit: Estimates of Benefit Take-up report is intended to provide an estimate of the take-up of Pension Credit within the entitled population. Each report has been produced using data for a given financial year, and provides estimates of Pension Credit take-up for various demographic groups.

    Pension Credit

    Pension Credit is an income-related benefit which you can be eligible for even if you have a pension, savings or own your own home. Pension Credit can also provide access to a wide range of other benefits. Further information on Pension Credit can be found on NI Direct.

    Pension Credit publications

    • Pension Credit: Estimates of Benefit Take-up - 2019/20
    • Pension Credit: Estimates of Benefit Take-up - 2017/18

    Pension Credit research

    The following research report was produced as part of the Department’s Economic and Social Research Programme.

    • A study on factors that enable or constrain take-up of Pension Credit

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