Written questions by Duncan-Jordan.

Whether she has made an estimate of how many pensioners not receiving Pension Credit are spending more than 10% of their income on energy bills.

Information relating to Pension Credit eligibility is only available via take-up statistics. The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics for Great Britain cover the financial year 2021 to 2022 and are available at: Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). These statistics show that up to 880,000 families eligible for Pension Credit did not claim the benefit in financial year ending 2022. However, we do not hold information on the spending patterns of pensioners who are not receiving Pension Credit.

How many pensioners have an annual income of between £11,383 and £20,000.

We estimate that the number of pensioner units with an annual income of between £11,383 and £20,000 is approximately 2.3 million. This number has been rounded to the nearest 100,000. This estimate is based on Pensioners’ Incomes data derived from the Family Resources Survey and covers private households in the United Kingdom. A pensioner unit can be a single pensioner over State Pension age, a pensioner couple where one member is over State Pension age, or a pensioner couple where both members are over State Pension age.