Question follow-through · 4848

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled You could get Pension Credit – Week of Action to drive take up, published on 1 September 2024, whether she has made an assessment of the impact

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
12 Sept 2024
Answer
12 Sept 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled You could get Pension Credit – Week of Action to drive take up, published on 1 September 2024, whether she has made an assessment of the impact

  2. 12 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The department has secured funding to support increased staffing and fund our communications strategy to support our programme of activity to drive up Pension Credit claims. The latest data available shows we have received around 38,500 Pension Credit cla...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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