Oral Question·Cabinet Office
“What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's processes for scrutinising nominations for honours.”
Tabled: 18 April 2024Answered: 25 April 2024
Asked by
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Labour — Slough
Answering Minister
the Minister for the Cabinet Office
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Torsten Bell)
In recent months, the Department has run the biggest ever pension credit take-up campaign, across TV, radio and online. Some 150,000 pension credit claims were made in the 16 weeks following the winter fuel payment announcement, and the campaign continues. This week, new work to invite all pensioners newly receiving housing benefit to claim pension credit will begin.