Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What steps he is taking to support people with high childcare costs to enter work.”
Tabled: 17 January 2023Answered: 23 January 2023
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Torsten Bell)
This Government have been running the biggest ever pension credit take-up campaign. In the latest stage, we are now writing to all pensioners who make a new housing benefit claim and who appear to be entitled to pension credit, directly targeting them and encouraging them to apply.