Question follow-through · 26713
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average actual clearance times were for Pension Credit claims made from 25 November 2024 until the most recent date available.
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
- 27 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2025 · 7 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
27 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average actual clearance times were for Pension Credit claims made from 25 November 2024 until the most recent date available.
29 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2025
Answer published
Pension Credit application Average Actual Clearance Times (AACT) are measured weekly. The AACT clearances are based on the week the claim was cleared, rather than the week the claim was made. The table below the most recent national AACT data. Week Date25...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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