State Pension payments are set to increase by 10.1% from next April for merely 12.5 million people across the UK, including 992,052 living in Scotland. However, despite a record-breaking rise in payments of the contributory benefit, over 1.8 million pensioners are receiving less than £100 per week in State Pension payments.
DWP rejects proposal to give older people not eligible for Pension Credit £324 cost of living payment
04.11.2022 - 18:39 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has rejected a proposal from Labour to make the £324 means-tested cost of living payment available to households that are receiving State Pension, but are not eligible for Pension Credit.
Pension Credit is one of the means-tested benefits which qualifies for the second part of the £650 cost of living payment from the DWP. The money is due to land in more than eight million bank accounts between November 8 and 23, but only to households that meet the qualifying criteria.
In a written response to Emma Hardy MP this week, DWP Minister Laura Trott, explained how the cost of living payment is “deliberately targeted at low-income households in receipt of a qualifying means-tested benefit” and clarified how this is for people above State Pension age who are in receipt of Pension Credit.
Ms Trott said: “Non-means tested benefits, such as the State Pension are not eligible benefits for the cost of living payment in their own right because people receiving these benefits may have other financial resources available to them.
“Pension Credit claimants are eligible for the cost of living payment if they are entitled to Pension Credit at the time of the qualifying period, even if entitlement was determined after this.”
She continued: “We urge pensioners to check their eligibility for Pension Credit, using the GOV.UK online calculator or by calling the freephone claim line.
“The qualifying period for the second £324 cost of living payment is 26 August to the 25th September 2022. Pension Credit can be backdated for up to three months from the date of claim, for those who are eligible, so it is not too late to make a claim and qualify for the second cost of living payment.”
Ms Trott also said that the
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