Source · Select Committees · Work and Pensions Committee
Recommendation 19
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Pride and reluctance remain key barriers to Pension Credit take-up.
Conclusion
We welcome the Government’s commitment to increase Pension Credit take-up and progress so far, with 60,000 additional awards since July 2024. Long experience and extensive research demonstrate that the main barriers to claiming relate to pride, not wanting to ask for help and a feeling that ‘benefits are not for people like me.’ We agree with the Minister that the message should be that it is worth claiming and that the Department is there to support people in doing so. (Conclusion, Paragraph 111)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 10 November 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗