| Heading: |
Pension Credit |
| Question ID: |
1728530 |
| UIN: |
5079 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-09-10 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4601 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Andrew Bowie
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Andrew Bowie
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of the steps her Department has taken to increase the number of people claiming Pension Credit on the cost to the public purse of expenditure on that |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-09-18 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4077 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Reynolds
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| Answering Member handle: |
emmaforwycombe
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@emmaforwycombe
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| Answer text: |
The Government announced on the 29 July 2024 that eligibility for Winter Fuel payments will be linked to those on Pension Credit or other means tested benefits for pensioners from Winter 2024. We have received around 38,500 Pension Credit claims in the 5 ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |