Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 5583

Pension Credit

Tabled: 12 September 2024
Answered: 9 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Neil Coyle

LabourBermondsey and Old Southwark

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of automating pension credit payments without an application process for claimants reaching retirement age on universal credit.

Answer

Emma Reynolds
Households in receipt of Universal Credit are likely to see a significant change in their financial situation on reaching state pension age – at which point they may become entitled to retirement income such as the state pension, occupational or private p...

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