Oral QuestionTreasury

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 27 August 2024Answered: 3 September 2024

Asked by

Paula Barker

LabourLiverpool Wavertree

Answering Minister

the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Answer from Hansard

Rachel Reeves

Yes, absolutely; pension credit can be backdated by up to three months, and we will ensure that that happens. We are also working closely with Liverpool city council to ensure that the constituents in Liverpool Wavertree, and indeed in all our constituencies, are getting the support that they entitled to. The poorest pensioners, who are entitled to pension credit, should get it. It is a travesty that 800,000 missed out under the last Conservative Government. We will ensure that pensioners entitled to support get it.