Question follow-through · 2913
Pension Credit: Take-up
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has allocated additional (a) staff and (b) budget to helping to increase the uptake of Pension Credit.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 30 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2024 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has allocated additional (a) staff and (b) budget to helping to increase the uptake of Pension Credit.
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Department has secured funding for increased staffing and our communications strategy which will support our programme of activity to drive up Pension Credit claims.The Government is determined to ensure that the poorest pensioners get the support the...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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