PC

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UK welfare benefit means-tested benefit

PC is the commonly used abbreviation for Pension Credit, a UK welfare benefit that provides additional income to low-income pensioners.

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Label	Occurrences
PC canonical	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UK welfare benefit ⓘ means-tested benefit ⓘ
abbreviation	PC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
administeredBy	Department for Work and Pensions ⓘ
ageCondition	claimant or partner must have reached State Pension age ⓘ
assessmentBasis	household income ⓘ savings and capital (within rules) ⓘ
beneficiary	low-income older people ⓘ
benefitType	income top-up ⓘ
canIncrease	weekly income ⓘ
claimChannel	online (for some claimants) ⓘ post ⓘ telephone ⓘ
component	Guarantee Credit ⓘ Savings Credit ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currency	Pound sterling ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion	low income ⓘ residence in the UK ⓘ
hasOnlineInformationAt	GOV.UK ⓘ surface form: GOV.UK website
introducedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: UK Government
isPartOf	UK welfare system ⓘ
isTaxable	no ⓘ
jurisdiction	England ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
legalFramework	UK social security legislation ⓘ
mayProvideAccessTo	Cold Weather Payment ⓘ Council Tax support ⓘ Housing Benefit ⓘ free TV licence for over-75s (policy-dependent) ⓘ
paymentFrequency	regular ⓘ
paymentMethod	cash benefit ⓘ
policyArea	pensions ⓘ social security ⓘ
purpose	provide additional income to low-income pensioners ⓘ
relatedTo	Council Tax Reduction ⓘ Housing Benefit ⓘ State Pension ⓘ
requires	claim to be made ⓘ
supports	minimum income guarantee for pensioners ⓘ
targetGroup	pensioners ⓘ people over State Pension age ⓘ
type	income-related benefit ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pension Credit → shortName → PC ⓘ

PC → abbreviation → PC self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Pension Credit