Question follow-through · 40361
Pension Credit: South Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help expedite Pension Credit claims from South Shropshire constituency.
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
- 21 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 31 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Social security and pensions
- State Retirement Pensions: Women · 1 Apr 2025
- Pension Credit: Rural Areas · 12 May 2025
- State Retirement Pensions: Women · 27 Oct 2025
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Recorded timeline
21 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help expedite Pension Credit claims from South Shropshire constituency.
25 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government put in place the biggest ever pension Credit take-up drive. To help ensure it has the capacity to assess all claims within reasonable timeframes, the Department deployed over 500 additional staff. On 27 February 2025 we published Pension Cr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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