Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 16393
Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
Tabled: 26 November 2024
Answered: 4 December 2024
Question
Mr Peter Bedford
Conservative — Mid Leicestershire
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the additional 500 staff deployed to process Pension Credit applications were new employees.
Answer
Emma ReynoldsSince the announcement to means test Winter Fuel payments, to date we have increased the resource in Pension Credit claims by approximately 500 staff through a combination of internal redeployments, use of external providers and external recruitment. This...
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