| Heading: |
Pension Credit and Winter Fuel Payment |
| Question ID: |
1810113 |
| UIN: |
HL8195 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4885 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Sikka
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| Asking Member handle: |
premnsikka
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@premnsikka
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the annual cost of assessing and administering (1) Pension Credit, and (2) winter fuel payments. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-18 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4147 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Sherlock
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| Answering Member handle: |
MaeveSherlock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@MaeveSherlock
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| Answer text: |
In terms of administrative costs, in 2023/24 the Department for Work and Pensions spent(1) £30.7m on the administration of Pension Credit(2) £3.3m on the administration of Winter Fuel payments. Cost figures are rounded to the nearest £0.1m The numbers quo... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |