Oral Question·Department of Health and Social Care
“What recent progress he has made on tackling the covid-19 backlog in elective care.”
Tabled: 18 January 2023Answered: 24 January 2023
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Torsten Bell)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight both the progress that has been made and the hard work of the voluntary sector, including citizens advice bureaux across the country. We must continue recent progress, and we shall certainly do so. I would like to highlight that our support for pensioners goes far wider, including the 4.1% increase to the state pension and to the level of pension credit, as my hon. Friend mentioned, in just a few weeks’ time.