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Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of asking local authorities to contact every pensioner on Housing Benefit to encourage them to take up Pension Credit; and if she will make an asse

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
5 Sept 2024
Target answer date
9 Sept 2024
Answer
12 Sept 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of asking local authorities to contact every pensioner on Housing Benefit to encourage them to take up Pension Credit; and if she will make an asse

  2. 9 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The Deputy Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions wrote to all local authorities on 20th August. The letter acknowledged the vital role local authorities play in supporting their communities. The Government recognises that many lo...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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