Oral Question·Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
“What steps her Department is taking to expand broadband coverage in rural areas.”
Tabled: 24 November 2022Answered: 1 December 2022
Asked by
Caroline Nokes
Conservative — Romsey and Southampton North
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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.