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Pension Credit: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) simplify and (b) ensure paper copies are made available to people without online access to the pension credit application form.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
26 Feb 2025
Answer
3 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) simplify and (b) ensure paper copies are made available to people without online access to the pension credit application form.

  2. 26 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Government wants those eligible for Pension Credit but not currently claiming it to receive the benefits they are entitled to. We know there are low-income pensioners who are not claiming Pension Credit, and we urge those people to apply. We encourage...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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