Question follow-through · 16304

Pension Credit: South Derbyshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of pensioners signed up to receive pension credit in South Derbyshire constituency.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
26 Nov 2024
Target answer date
3 Dec 2024
Answer
3 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of pensioners signed up to receive pension credit in South Derbyshire constituency.

  2. 3 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    Our nationwide communications campaign to promote Pension Credit has been running since September. The latest phase of the campaign takes a new approach targeting friends and family - asking them to tell people they know about Pension Credit, encourage th...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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