Oral QuestionDepartment for Education

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 3 December 2024Answered: 9 December 2024

Asked by

Paul Waugh

Labour (Co-op)Rochdale

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Education

Answer from Hansard

Catherine McKinnell

I recognise the difficulties my hon. Friend has outlined. Changes to pension entitlement have caused the significant backlog in processing that we have inherited, but good progress is now being made. The Department and the administrator are focused on speeding it up. I appreciate the concerns he has raised and he might want to write to me with more detail, or a meeting could certainly be arranged.