Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 6620
Housing Benefit and Pension Credit
Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024
Question
Paula Barker
Labour — Liverpool Wavertree
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is taking steps with HMRC to data match housing benefit claimants with those eligible for pension credit.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsDWP do not need HMRC data to match Housing Benefit customers with Pension Credit. The government is actively working with external partners and local authorities to boost the uptake of Pension Credit and to target additional support to the poorest pension...
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