Housing Benefit and Pension Credit: Costs
Commons · Question 6482 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
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
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 14 Oct 2024
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 ...