Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 6482

Housing Benefit and Pension Credit: Costs

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of bringing together the administration of Pension Credit and Housing Benefit.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
No definitive estimate has yet been made as to the full cost of this policy. The Department has already begun working with local authorities to ensure that take-up of Pension Credit is maximised and implementation is appropriately planned. This work will ...
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