Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 7157
Pension Credit: Take-up
Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 15 October 2024
Question
Chris Hinchliff
Labour — North East Hertfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure adequate resources to support the surge in applications for pension credit.
Answer
Emma ReynoldsPrior to the Winter Fuel announcement, Retirement Services Directorate (RSD) had 352 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff deployed on Pension Credit claims. Since the announcement, a deployment plan has been agreed to deploy an additional 537 FTE into RSD to ...
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