Question follow-through · 42341
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average processing times for pension credit applications in each of the last five years.
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
- 28 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 7 Apr 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average processing times for pension credit applications in each of the last five years.
1 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Apr 2025
Answer published
Pension Credit application Average Actual Clearance Times (AACT) are measured weekly. Please see attached annex for details of Pension Credit applications average processing times back to October 2022. We do not hold this information prior to October 2022...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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