Question follow-through · 8655
Pension Credit: Publicity
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spends on publicity to increase the number of people registered for Pension Credit.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 11 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 21 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spends on publicity to increase the number of people registered for Pension Credit.
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Department’s current paid marketing activity to promote Pension Credit which includes radio, national and regional press, paid social media and GP and Post Office screens, has been live since 16th September and is ongoing. It is not possible to provid...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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