Question follow-through · 9463

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average Pension Credit processing time is (a) per month in the latest three-month period for which data is available and (b) in each region.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
21 Oct 2024
Answer
21 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average Pension Credit processing time is (a) per month in the latest three-month period for which data is available and (b) in each region.

  2. 21 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    Average actual clearance times are shown in the table below from 3 June 2024. Please note, the information is not available monthly. The table below shows the average (in working days) for each week.SourceRS PBi App / PC Claims AACT03/06/244510/06/244417/...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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