Collection

Pension Credit applications and awards

Statistical releases on Pension Credit applications and awards.

This collection lists statistical releases on Pension Credit applications and awards.

The releases cover the number of weekly Pension Credit:

  • claims received
  • claims cleared
  • claims awarded

Supplementary release of statistics

The latest release of statistics was published on 28 August 2025 as planned.

There will be a supplementary release of data tables for this publication on 16 September 2025 at 9:30am. The tables will provide data by:

  • country
  • region
  • local authority
  • constituency

Pension Credit is extra money for pensioners to bring their weekly income up to a minimum amount.

Latest release

Previous releases

Updates to this page

Published 27 February 2025
Last updated 28 August 2025 show all updates
  1. Added a link to the latest release of statistics: Pension Credit applications and awards: August 2025

  2. Added a note to the page about a supplementary statistics release on 16 September 2025.

  3. Updated the collection to show the latest Pension Credit applications and awards for May 2025.

  4. First published.