Dataset: Pension Credit caseload
Description
Type of Pension Credit in payment (Guarantee Credit and/or Savings Credit)
The savings credit is only applicable to people aged 65 or over. In the case of a couple if either of the couple is aged 65 or over the savings credit may be payable. Some people will be entitled to the guarantee credit, the savings credit or both.
Around 1.8 million MIG households were automatically transferred to Pension Credit. However, there are still a small number of MIG claimants, whose partner is of qualifying age and could claim Pension Credit, but who choose not to do so.
From May 2024, the 'Residual MIG' category field has been removed from the 'Type of Pension Credit' breakdown. This is due to the very small number of cases that were present in this field being incorrectly classified as such.
Classification
Applicable to: all claimants:
‑ Guarantee Credit only
‑ Savings Credit only
‑ Both Guarantee and Savings Credit
Total number of categories:
3