Question follow-through · 25590

Pension Credit: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken is for Pension Credit appeals to be reviewed.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

About this written question

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
21 Jan 2025
Target answer date
28 Jan 2025
Answer
29 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken is for Pension Credit appeals to be reviewed.

  2. 28 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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