Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 31507

Pension Credit

Tabled: 13 February 2025

Answered: 25 February 2025

Question

Dr Luke Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2024 to Question 5385 on Pension Credit, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that funding for additional staffing is reducing pension credit application proces

Answer

Torsten Bell

As referenced in previous responses HL4289 and Question 5385, DWP works to a planned timescale of 50 working days to clear Pension Credit claims. The funding was the first stage followed by securing staffing resource, training those people and enabling le...

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