Question follow-through · 5694
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will simplify the application form for Pension Credit.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 12 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 11 Oct 2024 · 29 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Social security and pensions
- Social Security Benefits: Payments · 9 Dec 2024
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Recorded timeline
12 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will simplify the application form for Pension Credit.
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Department continues to assess the Pension Credit service. This led to the introduction of the online claim process, providing customers with a convenient alternative claim route, alongside the existing telephony and paper application methods. As the ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Social Security Benefits: Payments
9 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of paying benefits on 24 December 2024 on (a) access to banking and (b) time available for Christmas shopping for (i) pensioners and (ii)