Official Statistics

Pension Credit applications and awards: November 2025

This publication provides updated Pension Credit application, award and outstanding caseload statistics since 1 April 2023.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 27 November 2025
• Last updated: 3 December 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Pension Credit applications and awards: geographical distributions background information and methodology November 2025

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Details

The Pension Credit Application and Awards: November 2025 was published on 27 November 2025. It represented the latest Pension Credit statistics available at the time of publication, covering the period from 3 April 2023 to 23 November 2025.

This statistical release provides data on Pension Credit applications and awards between April 2023 and November 2025.

It covers the number of weekly Pension Credit:

• claims received
• claims cleared
• claims awarded

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

Published 27 November 2025

Last updated 3 December 2025 + show all updates

1. 3 December 2025

   Added HTML Accessible formats for 'Pension Credit applications and awards: November 2025' and 'Pension Credit applications and awards: geographical distributions background information and methodology November 2025'

2. 28 November 2025

   Changed Details Section for factual accuracy and improvements

3. 27 November 2025

   First published.