Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 21083
Pension Credit: Winter Fuel Payment
Tabled: 18 December 2024
Answered: 9 January 2025
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of additional Pension Credit claims received since the announcement on changing the eligibility of the Winter Fuel Payment; and what proportion of these claims
Answer
Emma ReynoldsWe are unable to advise how many claims for Pension Credit have been made and then awarded since 29 July 2024. This is because the Department currently reports clearance times by the week the claim was cleared, rather than the week the claim was made. As ...
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