Oral QuestionDepartment of Health and Social Care

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 17 January 2024Answered: 23 January 2024

Asked by

Samantha Dixon

LabourChester North and Neston

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Emma Reynolds)

The Department does not have a pension credit application target. Published application numbers show that we received around 74,400 pension credit claims in the eight weeks from the end of July to mid-September.