Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What progress her Department has made on meeting Pension Credit application targets.”
Tabled: 5 November 2024Answered: 11 November 2024
Asked by
Sarah Olney
Liberal Democrat — Richmond Park
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
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.