Pension Credit The estimates show that:
caseload: up to 880 thousand families who were entitled to receive PC did not claim the benefit
expenditure: up to £2.1 billion of available PC went unclaimed
on average, this amounted to around £2,200 per year for each family entitled to receive PC who did not claim the benefit
Housing Benefit (for Pensioners) The estimates show that:
caseload: up to 360 thousand pensioner families who were entitled to receive HB did not claim the benefit
expenditure: up to £1.3 billion of available HB (for pensioners) went unclaimed
on average, this amounted to around £3,400 per year for each family entitled to receive HB (for pensioners) who did not claim the benefit