Question follow-through · 3656
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to support pensioners suffering from long-term illnesses who are not eligible for pension credit in the winter.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 30 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 17 Sept 2024 · 18 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, what steps she plans to take to support pensioners suffering from long-term illnesses who are not eligible for pension credit in the winter.
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Sept 2024
Answer published
This Government is committed to pensioners. Everyone in our society, no matter their working history or savings deserves a comfortable and dignified retirement. We will do this through protecting the triple lock, keeping energy bills low through our Warm...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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