Claim: Roughly 40% of people on welfare are pensioners, and 10% or 20% are taking in-work benefits.
Fact-check: Are 40% of welfare claimants pensioners? - Full Fact
Verdict: we haven't found figures to back this up. around 56% of all welfare spending in great britain went to pensioners in 2016/17, counting pensions as part of the welfare bill.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2017-04-07T00:00:00