| Heading: |
Pension Credit: Staff |
| Question ID: |
1788225 |
| UIN: |
41137 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4781 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Luke Evans
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| Asking Member handle: |
drlukeevans
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@drlukeevans
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 35774 on Pension Credit: Staff, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of using (a) external providers and (b) external recruitm |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-02 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5069 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Torsten Bell
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| Answering Member handle: |
TorstenBell
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@TorstenBell
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| Answer text: |
My previous response (UIN 35775) advised we had deployed over 500 additional staff through a combination of internal redeployments, use of external providers and external recruitment. The 24/25 forecast cost of (a) external providers is £1.9 million, and ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |