Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What steps she is taking to increase take-up of Pension Credit.”
Tabled: 28 January 2025Answered: 3 February 2025
Asked by
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
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)
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.