Question follow-through · 5581
Pensioners: Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people applying for pension credit have been in receipt of universal credit in each of the last five years.
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
- 9 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 9 Oct 2024 · 27 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
12 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people applying for pension credit have been in receipt of universal credit in each of the last five years.
9 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Oct 2024
Answer published
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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